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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Kdb vs. Riak KV vs. SingleStore

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHigh performance Time Series DBMSDistributed, fault tolerant key-value storeMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexesRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector 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
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score4.10
Rank#82  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgkx.comwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcode.kx.comwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latestdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcOpenSource, formerly Basho TechnologiesSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20142000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320092013
Current release3.6, May 20183.2.0, December 20228.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise editioncommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptqErlangC++, Go
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes
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 indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'restrictedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query language (q)noyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsErlangyes
Triggersyesyes infowith viewsyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningSharding infono "single point of failure"Sharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationselectable replication factorSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyesno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno infolinks between data sets can be storedno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsyes, using Riak SecurityFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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AlaSQLKdbRiak KVSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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SingleStore offers a fully-managed , distributed, highly-scalable SQL database designed...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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