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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. MonetDB vs. PostGIS vs. Warp 10

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. MonetDB vs. PostGIS vs. Warp 10

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonWarp 10  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSA relational database management system that stores data in columnsSpatial extension of PostgreSQLTimeSeries DBMS specialized on timestamped geo data based on LevelDB or HBase
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score824.29
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#349  Overall
#32  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.monetdb.orgpostgis.netwww.warp10.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqllearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationpostgis.net/­documentationwww.warp10.io/­content/­02_Getting_started
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMicrosoftMonetDB BVSenX
Initial release20141989200420052015
Current releaseSQL Server 2022, November 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++CCJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP API
Jupyter
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javayes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functionsyes infoWarpScript
Triggersyesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationSharding via remote tablesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes infobased on PostgreSQLselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDno
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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQLMandatory use of cryptographic tokens, containing fine-grained authorizations

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