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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. SwayDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial 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
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaseswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sql
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMicrosoftSimer Plaha
Initial release2016201420102018
Current release2.1, December 2018V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCJavaScriptC++Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesno
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoTransact SQLno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyes, with always 3 replicas availablenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDAtomic execution of operations
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-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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