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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. RisingWave vs. XTDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  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.A distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#238  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgwww.h2database.comwww.risingwave.com/­databasegithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffThomas MuellerRisingWave LabsJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20162014200520222019
Current release2.1, December 20182.2.220, July 20231.2, September 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJavaRustClojure
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMDocker
Linux
macOS
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesStandard SQL-types and JSONyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyeslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptJavaGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsUDFs in Python or Javano
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and Roles

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