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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Apache Druid vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Apache Druid vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Trafodion

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial 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
Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgdruid.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasetrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqltrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation and contributorsMicrosoftApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release20162014201220102014
Current release2.1, December 201829.0.1, April 2024V122.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache license v2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJavaC++C++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Unix
hostedLinux
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL for queryingyesyes
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoTransact SQLJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyes, with always 3 replicas availableyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes 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.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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