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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. HyperSQL vs. Rockset vs. SiteWhere

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

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
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
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orghsqldb.orgrockset.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.rockset.comsitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRocksetSiteWhere
Initial release2014200120192010
Current release2.7.2, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infobased on BSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++Java
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 modeshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesdynamic typingyes
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneAutomatic shardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyesselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate 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 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-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleUsers with fine-grained authorization concept

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