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DBMS > Heroic vs. SQL.JS vs. StarRocks vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Heroic vs. SQL.JS vs. StarRocks vs. TerarkDB

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NameHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchPort of SQLite to JavaScriptAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisA 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 modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­spotify/­heroicsql.js.orgwww.starrocks.iogithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationspotify.github.io/­heroicsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmldocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperSpotifyAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023ByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2014201220202016
Current release3.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC++, JavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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 indexesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyesno
APIs and other access methodsHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JavaScript APIJDBC
MySQL protocol
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsno
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsno

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