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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. MaxDB vs. SpatiaLite vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. MaxDB vs. SpatiaLite vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  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 and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsSpatial extension of SQLiteA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score1.23
Rank#172  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.h2database.commaxdb.sap.comwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmldocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffThomas MuellerSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Alessandro FurieriVictoriaMetrics
Initial release20142005198420082018
Current release2.2.220, July 20237.9.10.12, February 20245.0.0, August 2020v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++C++Go
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
server-lessFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsyesnono
Triggersyesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenone
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 replicationnoneSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDno
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 FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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