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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Altibase vs. GridGain vs. jBASE vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Altibase vs. GridGain vs. jBASE vs. RDFox

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitealasql.orgaltibase.comwww.gridgain.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAltibaseGridGain Systems, Inc.Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Oxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release20141999200719912017
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 2023GridGain 8.5.15.76.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Java, C++, .NetC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesoptionalyes
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.nonoyesyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.ANSI SQL-92ANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnostored procedures and stored functionsyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes
Triggersyesyesyes (cache interceptors and events)yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyes (replicated cache)yesreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelRoles, resources, and access types

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