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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Apache Pinot vs. Citus

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Apache Pinot vs. Citus

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonCitus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.40
Rank#270  Overall
#125  Relational DBMS
Score2.21
Rank#118  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgpinot.apache.orgwww.citusdata.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.pinot.apache.orgdocs.citusdata.com
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation and contributors
Initial release2016201420152010
Current release2.1, December 20181.0.0, September 20238.1, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL, commercial license also available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyes
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.nonoyes infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languageyes infostandard, with numerous extensions
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptGo
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenonehorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensions
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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