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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app development
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsVector 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
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­search
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­search
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014GoogleMicrosoft
Initial release20162014201020142015
Current release2.1, December 20182.1.12, February 2017V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnoyes
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptErlangJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safarihosted
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyesyes
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.noSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP/JSON APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptnono
TriggersnoyesyesUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneShardingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenoyes infousing Azure authentication

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