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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. Lovefield vs. SWC-DB

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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

Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript

A high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS

Primary database model

Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS

Document store
Relational DBMS

Relational DBMS

Wide column store

Secondary database models

Time Series DBMS

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Score	0.20
Rank	#321	Overall
	#27	Graph DBMS
	#143	Relational DBMS

Score	0.46
Rank	#260	Overall
	#40	Document stores
	#121	Relational DBMS

Score	1.59
Rank	#150	Overall
	#69	Relational DBMS

Score	0.29
Rank	#293	Overall
	#133	Relational DBMS

Score	0.01
Rank	#376	Overall
	#13	Wide column stores

Website

bitnine.net/agensgraph

alasql.org

www.datomic.com

google.github.io/lovefield

github.com/kashirin-alex/swc-db
www.swcdb.org

Technical documentation

bitnine.net/documentation

github.com/AlaSQL/alasql

docs.datomic.com

github.com/google/lovefield/blob/master/docs/spec_index.md

Developer

Bitnine Global Inc.

Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulff

Cognitect

Google

Alex Kashirin

Initial release

2016

2014

2012

2014

2020

Current release

2.1, December 2018

1.0.6735, June 2023

2.1.12, February 2017

0.5, April 2021

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License 2.0

Open Source

MIT-License

commercial

limited edition free

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

GPL V3

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Java, Clojure

JavaScript

C++

Server operating systems

Linux
OS X
Windows

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

All OS with a Java VM

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

tested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari

Linux

Data scheme

depending on used data model

schema-free

yes

schema-free

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.

SQL-like query language

via JavaScript builder pattern

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

Cypher Query Language
JDBC

JavaScript API

RESTful HTTP API

Proprietary protocol
Thrift

Supported programming languages

C
Java
JavaScript
Python

JavaScript

Clojure
Java

JavaScript

C++

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Transaction Functions

Triggers

yes

By using transaction functions

Using read-only observers

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

none

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Source-replica replication

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

none

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)

yes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database

yes

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

yes

using MemoryDB

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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