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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. LeanXcale vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. LeanXcale vs. RDFox

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Spanner  Xexclude from comparisonLeanXcale  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryA horizontally scalable, globally consistent, relational database service. It is the externalization of the core Google database that runs the biggest aspects of Google, like Ads and Google Play.A highly scalable full ACID SQL database with fast NoSQL data ingestion and GIS capabilitiesHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#100  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Score0.36
Rank#280  Overall
#40  Key-value stores
#129  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgcloud.google.com/­spannerwww.leanxcale.comwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcloud.google.com/­spanner/­docsdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogleLeanXcaleOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release20162014201720152017
Current release2.1, December 20186.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyesyes infoRDF schemas
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infoQuery statements complying to ANSI 2011yes infothrough Apache Derbyno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
JDBC infoAt present, JDBC supports read-only queries. No support for DDL or DML statements.
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
Java
Scala
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication with 3 replicas for regional instances.replication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infoby using interleaved tables, this features focuses more on performance improvements than on referential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACID infoStrict serializable isolationACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.noyesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Roles, resources, and access types

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