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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. jBASE vs. Kinetica vs. Spark SQL vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. jBASE vs. Kinetica vs. Spark SQL vs. TinkerGraph

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.kinetica.comspark.apache.org/­sqltinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.kinetica.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)KineticaApache Software Foundation
Initial release20141991201220142009
Current release5.77.1, August 20213.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC, C++ScalaJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenooptionalyesyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesyesyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users and roles on table levelnono

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