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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. Riak TS vs. ScyllaDB vs. UniData,UniVerse

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. Riak TS vs. ScyllaDB vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KVCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSTime Series DBMSWide column storeMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSKey-value store
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Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score1.22
Rank#172  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#308  Overall
#26  Time Series DBMS
Score5.27
Rank#67  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score3.47
Rank#93  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgobjectbox.iowww.scylladb.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.objectbox.iowww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latestdocs.scylladb.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffObjectBox LimitedOpen Source, formerly Basho TechnologiesScyllaDBRocket Software
Initial release20142017201520151985
Current release3.0.0, September 2022ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++ErlangC++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesoptional
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesrestrictedyes infocluster global secondary indicesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes, limitedSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIProprietary native APIHTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoErlangyes, Luayes
Triggersyesnoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksnoyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneonline/offline synchronization between client and serverselectable replication factorselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno infolinks between datasets can be storednono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID infoconfigurable
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.yesnoyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesnoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based
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AlaSQLObjectBoxRiak TSScyllaDBUniData,UniVerse
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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