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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. AnzoGraph DB vs. Apache Drill vs. Datomic vs. H2

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. AnzoGraph DB vs. Apache Drill vs. Datomic vs. H2

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryScalable graph database built for online analytics and data harmonization with MPP scaling, high-performance analytical algorithms and reasoning, and virtualizationSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.53
Rank#258  Overall
#40  Document stores
#119  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#295  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score2.58
Rank#118  Overall
#23  Document stores
#56  Relational DBMS
Score2.08
Rank#132  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score8.14
Rank#50  Overall
#32  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgcambridgesemantics.com/­anzographdrill.apache.orgwww.datomic.comwww.h2database.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.datomic.comwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCambridge SemanticsApache Software FoundationCognitectThomas Mueller
Initial release20142018201220122005
Current release2.3, January 20211.20.3, January 20231.0.6735, June 20232.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 indexesnononoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SPARQL and SPARQL* as primary query language. Cypher preview.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIApache Mule
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka
OData access for BI tools
OpenCypher
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++
Java
Python
C++Clojure
Java
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functionsyes infoTransaction FunctionsJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functions
TriggersyesnonoBy using transaction functionsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic shardingShardingnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication in MPP-Clusternone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a database
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoKerberos/HDFS data loadingyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency in MPP-ClusternoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infonot needed in graphsnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesDepending on the underlying data sourcenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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