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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. ObjectBox vs. RisingWave vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. ObjectBox vs. RisingWave vs. XTDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#238  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.h2database.comgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.risingwave.com/­databasegithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.objectbox.iodocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffThomas MuellerObjectBox LimitedRisingWave LabsJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20142005201720222019
Current release2.2.220, July 20234.0 (May 2024)1.2, September 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Bindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC and C++RustClojure
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesStandard SQL-types and JSONyes, extensible-data-notation format
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 indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoyeslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIJDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsnoUDFs in Python or Javano
Triggersyesyesnonono
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 databaseData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
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)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesUsers and Roles
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