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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Coveo vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Titan

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Coveo vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Titan

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonCoveo  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonTitan  Xexclude from comparison
Titan has been decommisioned after the takeover by Datastax. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking. A fork has been open-sourced as JanusGraph.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryAI-powered hosted search, recommendation and personalization platform providing tools for both low-code and full-code developmentCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Titan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Search engineDocument storeGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#114  Overall
#11  Search engines
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgwww.coveo.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoregithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.coveo.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoregithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wiki
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCoveoGoogleAurelius, owned by DataStax
Initial release20162014201220172012
Current release2.1, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache license, version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyesno
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedhostedLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freehybrid - fields need to be configured prior to indexing, but relationships can be exploited at query time without pre-configurationschema-freeyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonono
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Clojure
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes, with Cloud Functionsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneyesShardingyes infovia pluggable storage backends
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyesMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoUsing Cloud Dataflowyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engine
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes infoRelationships in graph
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcast
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnogranular access controls, API key management, content filtersAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.User authentification and security via Rexster Graph Server

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