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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Amazon CloudSearch vs. Ehcache

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Amazon CloudSearch vs. Ehcache

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage options
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Search engineKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.81
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchwww.ehcache.org
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchwww.ehcache.org/­documentation
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AG
Initial release2016201420122009
Current release2.1, December 20183.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nono
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIHTTP APIJCache
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoCache Event Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredSharding infoby using Terracotta Server
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyes infomanaged transparently by AWSyes infoby using Terracotta Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resource
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approach
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoauthentication via encrypted signaturesno

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