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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. InfinityDB vs. Vertica vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. InfinityDB vs. Vertica vs. WakandaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.WakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMS infoColumn orientedObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgboilerbay.comwww.vertica.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualvertica.com/­documentationwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffBoiler Bay Inc.OpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett PackardWakanda SAS
Initial release2014200220052012
Current release4.012.0.3, January 20232.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containersno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes
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
Secondary indexesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differencesyes
Triggersyesnoyes, called Custom Alertsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infoBi-directional Spark integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDACID
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.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hashyes
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AlaSQLInfinityDBVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™WakandaDB
Specific characteristicsDeploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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