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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. GridDB vs. Hypertable vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. GridDB vs. Hypertable vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. Rockset

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopWidely used in-process key-value storeA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSWide column storeKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Document store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score2.21
Rank#117  Overall
#20  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitealasql.orggriddb.netwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmlrockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.griddb.netdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.htmldocs.rockset.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffToshiba CorporationHypertable Inc.Oracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by OracleRockset
Initial release20142013200919942019
Current release5.1, August 20220.9.8.11, March 201618.1.40, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infocommercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++C, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampnonodynamic typing
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonoyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML editionno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)noyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availableRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
C++ API
Thrift
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononono
Triggersyesyesnoyes infoonly for the SQL APIno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor on file system levelSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACID at container levelnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenonoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console
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AlaSQLGridDBHypertableOracle Berkeley DBRockset
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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