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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. InterSystems Caché vs. NSDb vs. SpaceTime

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. InterSystems Caché vs. NSDb vs. SpaceTime

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA multi-model DBMS and application serverScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachensdb.iowww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.intersystems.comnsdb.io/­Architecture
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffInterSystemsMireo
Initial release2014199720172020
Current release2018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeschema-freedepending on used data modelyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL-like query languageA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Java
Java
Scala
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyes

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