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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. AllegroGraph vs. Rockset vs. TerminusDB vs. YugabyteDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Document storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
Document store
RDF store
Document store
Wide column store
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.13
Rank#179  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score2.63
Rank#109  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgallegrograph.comrockset.comterminusdb.comwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmldocs.rockset.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#docs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffFranz Inc.RocksetDataChemist Ltd.Yugabyte Inc.
Initial release20142004201920182017
Current release8.0, December 202311.0.0, January 20232.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Prolog, RustC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoRDF schemasschema-freeyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesdynamic typingyesyes
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.nono infobulk load of XML files possibleno infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SPARQL is used as query languageRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like query language (WOQL)yes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
HTTP RESTOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoJavaScript or Common Lispnoyesyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersyesyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonewith FederationAutomatic shardingGraph PartitioningHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesJournaling StreamsBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleRole-based access controlyes
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLAllegroGraphRocksetTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsKnowledge Graph Platform Leader FedShard - Designed for Entity-Event Knowledge Graph...
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YugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesAllegroGraph is uniquely suited to support adhoc queries through SPARQL, Prolog and...
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PostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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