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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Immudb vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. VoltDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Immudb vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. VoltDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryCloud-based data warehousing serviceAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.RDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsDistributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#295  Overall
#42  Key-value stores
Score3.95
Rank#80  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#157  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousegithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
www.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.voltdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.immudb.iohelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheredocs.voltdb.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffIBMCodenotarySAP infoformerly SybaseVoltDB Inc.
Initial release20142014202019922010
Current release1.2.3, April 202217, July 201511.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJava, C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X infofor development
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
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.nono infoImport/export of XML data possiblenoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL-like syntaxyesyes infoonly a subset of SQL 99
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPL/SQL, SQL PLnoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or PerlJava
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes infoSnapshots and command logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and roles with access to stored procedures

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