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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. Kinetica vs. NuoDB vs. SQream DB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. Kinetica vs. NuoDB vs. SQream DB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score8.22
Rank#50  Overall
#32  Relational DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.99
Rank#195  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.73
Rank#228  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.h2database.comwww.kinetica.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasesqream.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.kinetica.comdoc.nuodb.comdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffThomas MuellerKineticaDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.SQream Technologies
Initial release20142005201220132017
Current release2.2.220, July 20237.1, August 20212022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC, C++C++C++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinuxhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsuser defined functionsJava, SQLuser defined functions in Python
Triggersyesyesyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseSource-replica replicationyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes infoMVCCyes
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 infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles on table levelStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users

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