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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilitySearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app development
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgwww.datomic.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­search
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.datomic.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­search
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCognitectMicrosoft
Initial release2016201420122015
Current release2.1, December 20181.0.6735, June 2023V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJava, Clojure
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nono
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptClojure
Java
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes infoTransaction Functionsno
TriggersnoyesBy using transaction functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonoyes infousing Azure authentication

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