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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. openGauss vs. Rockset vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. openGauss vs. Rockset vs. TerarkDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orggitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
rockset.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
docs.rockset.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHuawei and openGauss communityRocksetByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2014201920192016
Current release3.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC, C++, JavaC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesdynamic typingno
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.ANSI SQL 2011Read-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)Automatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnono
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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