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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Amazon Neptune vs. jBASE vs. PostGIS vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Amazon Neptune vs. jBASE vs. PostGIS vs. Transbase

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon Neptune  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFast, reliable graph database built for the cloudA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Multivalue DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score2.20
Rank#119  Overall
#9  Graph DBMS
#5  RDF stores
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#341  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­neptunewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasepostgis.netwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlaws.amazon.com/­neptune/­developer-resourcesdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9postgis.net/­documentationwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Transaction Software GmbH
Initial release20142017199120051987
Current release5.73.4.2, February 2024Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptionalyesyes
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.nonoyesyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIOpenCypher
RDF 1.1 / SPARQL 1.1
TinkerPop Gremlin
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-availability zones high availability, asynchronous replication for up to 15 read replicas within a single region. Global database clusters consists of a primary write DB cluster in one region, and up to five secondary read DB clusters in different regions. Each secondary region can have up to 16 reader instances.yesyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infowith encyption-at-restyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights can be defined down to the item levelyes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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