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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. H2GIS vs. HarperDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Transwarp StellarDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. H2GIS vs. HarperDB vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Transwarp StellarDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp StellarDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySpatial extension of H2Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA distributed graph DBMS built for enterprise-level graph applications
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#371  Overall
#39  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.h2gis.orgwww.harperdb.ioazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­stellardb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sql
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCNRSHarperDBMicrosoftTranswarp
Initial release2014201320172010
Current release3.1, August 2021V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaNode.jsC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesdynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OpenCypher
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infobased on H2Custom Functions infosince release 3.1Transact SQL
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infobased on H2yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes, with always 3 replicas available
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
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-storageACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
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 FileStorageyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infobased on H2Access rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes

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