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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. jBASE vs. QuestDB vs. searchxml

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. jBASE vs. QuestDB vs. searchxml

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSTime Series DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.36
Rank#157  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Websitealasql.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasequestdb.iowww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9questdb.io/­docswww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)QuestDB Technology Incinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release2014199120142015
Current release5.71.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenooptionalyesyes
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.noyesnoyes
Secondary indexesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes infoon the application server
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
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 integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID for single-table writesmultiple readers, single writer
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.yesyesyes infothrough memory mapped filesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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