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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. MaxDB vs. RavenDB vs. SWC-DB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score2.92
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irismaxdb.sap.comravendb.netgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationravendb.net/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffInterSystemsSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Hibernating RhinosAlex Kashirin
Initial release20142018198420102020
Current release2023.3, June 20237.9.10.12, February 20245.4, July 20220.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C#C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freedepending on used data modelyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesno
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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesSQL-like query language (RQL)SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesyesno
Triggersyesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction available
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthorization levels configured per client per database
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AlaSQLInterSystems IRISMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DRavenDBSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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