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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. eXtremeDB vs. InfinityDB vs. jBASE vs. Splice Machine

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonSplice Machine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareOpen-Source SQL RDBMS for Operational and Analytical use cases with native Machine Learning, powered by Hadoop and Spark
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.54
Rank#250  Overall
#114  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.mcobject.comboilerbay.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasesplicemachine.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9splicemachine.com/­how-it-works
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMcObjectBoiler Bay Inc.Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Splice Machine
Initial release20142001200219912014
Current release8.2, 20214.05.73.1, March 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++JavaJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysoptionalyes
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 infosupport of XML interfaces availablenoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JDBC
Native Spark Datasource
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Java.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyesyes infoJava
Triggersyesyes infoby defining eventsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning / shardingnoneShardingShared Nothhing Auto-Sharding, Columnar Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
noneyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoYes, via Full Spark Integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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