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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Derby vs. InfluxDB vs. RavenDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document Database
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.16
Rank#333  Overall
#30  Graph DBMS
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score5.30
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score26.56
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score3.01
Rank#101  Overall
#17  Document stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgdb.apache.org/­derbywww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewravendb.net
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbravendb.net/­docs
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationHibernating Rhinos
Initial release20162014199720132010
Current release2.1, December 201810.17.1.0, November 20232.7.6, April 20245.4, July 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJavaGoC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesNumeric data and Stringsno
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (RQL)
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIJDBCHTTP API
JSON over UDP
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptJava.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoJava Stored Proceduresnoyes
Triggersnoyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenonenoneSharding infoin enterprise version onlySharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACID, Cluster-wide transaction available
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoDepending on used storage engine
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsAuthorization levels configured per client per database
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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