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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. jBASE vs. Machbase Neo vs. OrientDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. jBASE vs. Machbase Neo vs. OrientDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.h2database.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasemachbase.comorientdb.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9machbase.com/­dbmswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffThomas MuellerRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)MachbaseOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release20142005199120132010
Current release2.2.220, July 20235.7V8.0, August 20233.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercialcommercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaCJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptionalyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsyesnoJava, Javascript
TriggersyesyesyesnoHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesnoyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes infovolatile and lookup table
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelsimple password-based access controlAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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