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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. HyperSQL vs. NSDb vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. HyperSQL vs. NSDb vs. Rockset

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitealasql.orghsqldb.orgnsdb.iorockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlnsdb.io/­Architecturedocs.rockset.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRockset
Initial release2014200120172019
Current release2.7.2, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJava, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
macOS
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringdynamic typing
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.nononono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL-like query languageRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
Java
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLnono
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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