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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Blazegraph vs. HarperDB vs. KeyDB

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Blazegraph vs. HarperDB vs. KeyDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparison
Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryHigh-performance graph database supporting Semantic Web (RDF/SPARQL) and Graph Database (tinkerpop3, blueprints, vertex-centric) APIs with scale-out and High Availability.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.An ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocols
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Document storeKey-value store
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Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.75
Rank#219  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.71
Rank#226  Overall
#33  Key-value stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgblazegraph.comwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwiki.blazegraph.comdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.keydb.dev
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffBlazegraphHarperDBEQ Alpha Technology Ltd.
Initial release20162014200620172019
Current release2.1, December 20182.1.5, March 20193.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoextended commercial license availablecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoBSD-3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJavaNode.jsC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes infoRDF literal typesyes infoJSON data typespartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexes
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 indexesyesnoyesyesyes infoby using the Redis Search module
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SPARQL is used as query languageSQL-like data manipulation statementsno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization Protoco
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1Lua
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infoRelationships in Graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scripts
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes, using LMDByes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logs
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoSecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)Access rights for users and rolessimple password-based access control and ACL

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