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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. MaxDB vs. SQream DB vs. STSdb

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloadsKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
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
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#227  Overall
#104  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgmaxdb.sap.comsqream.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997SQream TechnologiesSTS Soft SC
Initial release2014198420172011
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20242022.1.6, December 20224.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, ScalaC#
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
LinuxWindows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functions in Pythonno
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal and vertical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate 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-storageACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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