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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. PieCloudDB vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. PieCloudDB vs. PostGIS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  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 cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#304  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.h2database.comwww.openpie.compostgis.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffThomas MuellerOpenPie
Initial release201420052005
Current release2.2.220, July 20232.1, January 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMhosted
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaJava
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsuser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
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 FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLH2PieCloudDBPostGIS
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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