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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. ArangoDB vs. LeanXcale vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. ArangoDB vs. LeanXcale vs. SWC-DB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonLeanXcale  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.A highly scalable full ACID SQL database with fast NoSQL data ingestion and GIS capabilitiesA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.16
Rank#333  Overall
#30  Graph DBMS
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score3.77
Rank#87  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.35
Rank#283  Overall
#41  Key-value stores
#128  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#387  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgarangodb.comwww.leanxcale.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.arangodb.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffArangoDB Inc.LeanXcaleAlex Kashirin
Initial release20162014201220152020
Current release2.1, December 20183.11.5, November 20230.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hash
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
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infothrough Apache DerbySQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C
Java
Scala
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoJavaScriptno
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneSharding infosince version 2.0Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication with configurable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID
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.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes
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AgensGraphAlaSQLArangoDBLeanXcaleSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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