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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Ingres vs. Rockset vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Ingres vs. Rockset vs. Sequoiadb

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryWell established RDBMSA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score4.67
Rank#77  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Score0.84
Rank#209  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.48
Rank#260  Overall
#41  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresrockset.comwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.actian.com/­ingresdocs.rockset.comwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffActian CorporationRocksetSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20141974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s20192013
Current release11.2, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesdynamic typingyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
HTTP RESTproprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoJavaScript
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneIngres ReplicatoryesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMVCCyesyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolesimple password-based access control

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