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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Datomic

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Name

Description

Multi-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQL

JavaScript DBMS library

Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durability

Primary database model

Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS

Document store
Relational DBMS

Relational DBMS

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Score	0.16
Rank	#333	Overall
	#30	Graph DBMS
	#146	Relational DBMS

Score	0.49
Rank	#259	Overall
	#40	Document stores
	#120	Relational DBMS

Score	1.76
Rank	#145	Overall
	#66	Relational DBMS

Website

bitnine.net/agensgraph

alasql.org

www.datomic.com

Technical documentation

bitnine.net/documentation

github.com/AlaSQL/alasql

docs.datomic.com

Developer

Bitnine Global Inc.

Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulff

Cognitect

Initial release

2016

2014

2012

Current release

2.1, December 2018

1.0.6735, June 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License 2.0

Open Source

MIT-License

commercial

limited edition free

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Java, Clojure

Server operating systems

Linux
OS X
Windows

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

All OS with a Java VM

Data scheme

depending on used data model

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.

APIs and other access methods

Cypher Query Language
JDBC

JavaScript API

RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

C
Java
JavaScript
Python

JavaScript

Clojure
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Transaction Functions

Triggers

yes

By using transaction functions

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

no, but can be realized using table inheritance

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Source-replica replication

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

none

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

yes

only for local storage and DOM-storage

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

by using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorage

yes

using external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

recommended only for testing and development

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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