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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Hypertable vs. Lovefield vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Hypertable vs. Lovefield vs. Rockset

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.53
Rank#258  Overall
#40  Document stores
#119  Relational DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score1.01
Rank#201  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitealasql.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldrockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.rockset.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHypertable Inc.GoogleRockset
Initial release2014200920142019
Current release0.9.8.11, March 20162.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safarihosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesdynamic 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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnorestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIC++ API
Thrift
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
TriggersyesnoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor on file system levelnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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