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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Amazon SimpleDB vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Amazon SimpleDB vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreIn-memory JavaScript DBMSElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL Server
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
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
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score19.93
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­simpledbgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analytics
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analytics
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonMicrosoft
Initial release20162014200720142016
Current release2.1, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnoyes
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnononoyes
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 indexesyesnoyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoyes
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScriptC#
Java
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoView functions in JavaScriptTransact SQL
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenonenone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationnoneSharding, horizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraints
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
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-standardnoAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)noyes

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