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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. FoundationDB vs. KeyDB vs. Machbase Neo

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. FoundationDB vs. KeyDB vs. Machbase Neo

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.An ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocolsTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigData
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Key-value storeTime Series 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
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score0.71
Rank#226  Overall
#33  Key-value stores
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orggithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
machbase.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.keydb.devmachbase.com/­dbms
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffFoundationDBEQ Alpha Technology Ltd.Machbase
Initial release20162014201320192013
Current release2.1, December 20186.2.28, November 2020V8.0, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSD-3commercial infofree test version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptC++C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnono infosome layers support typingpartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexesyes
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 indexesyesnonoyes infoby using the Redis Search moduleyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.supported in specific SQL layer onlynoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIProprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocogRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoin SQL-layer onlyLuano
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneLinearizable consistencyEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesin SQL-layer onlynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scriptsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logsno
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infovolatile and lookup table
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonosimple password-based access control and ACLsimple password-based access control

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