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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. HBase vs. Riak TS

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. HBase vs. Riak TS

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KV
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeTime Series 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
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.28
Rank#307  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orghbase.apache.org
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latest
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOpen Source, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release2016201420082015
Current release2.1, December 20182.3.4, January 20213.0.0, September 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJavaErlang
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
OS X
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnooptions to bring your own types, AVROno
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 indexesyesnonorestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes, limited
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes infoCoprocessors in JavaErlang
Triggersnoyesyesyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono infolinks between datasets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACno

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