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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. jBASE vs. Kdb vs. OpenTSDB vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. jBASE vs. Kdb vs. OpenTSDB vs. SwayDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareHigh performance Time Series DBMSScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBaseAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#146  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasekx.comopentsdb.netswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9code.kx.comopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plccurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributorsSimer Plaha
Initial release201419912000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320112018
Current release5.73.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoLGPLOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptqJavaScala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenooptionalyesnumeric data for metrics, strings for tagsno
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.noyesyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language (q)nono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP API
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesyesyes infowith viewsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on HBasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBaseImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnonoAtomic execution of operations
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.yesyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelrights management via user accountsnono
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AlaSQLjBASEKdbOpenTSDBSwayDB
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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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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