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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. MonetDB vs. Rockset vs. Ultipa

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. MonetDB vs. Rockset vs. Ultipa

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBHigh performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#135  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Score0.11
Rank#338  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.monetdb.orgrockset.comwww.ultipa.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.rockset.comwww.ultipa.com/­document
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMonetDB BVRocksetUltipa
Initial release2014200420192019
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesdynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP RESTRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, in SQL, C, Rno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding via remote tablesAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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