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System Properties Comparison Apache Spark (SQL) vs. Firebolt vs. JSqlDb

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NameApache Spark (SQL)  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApache Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitives
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
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Score18.45
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score1.16
Rank#168  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Websitespark.apache.org/­sqlwww.firebolt.iojsqldb.org (offline)
Technical documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.firebolt.io
DeveloperApache Software FoundationFirebolt Analytics Inc.Konrad von Backstrom
Initial release201420202018
Current release3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20230.8, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
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Implementation languageScala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno
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
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
R
Scala
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonofunctions in JavaScript
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlno

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