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

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

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  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 StorageScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataFull-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
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#302  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score2.28
Rank#119  Overall
#23  Document stores
#56  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score8.22
Rank#50  Overall
#32  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgcambridgesemantics.com/­anzographdrill.apache.orggriddb.netwww.h2database.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.griddb.netwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCambridge SemanticsApache Software FoundationToshiba CorporationThomas Mueller
Initial release20142018201220132005
Current release2.3, January 20211.20.3, January 20235.1, August 20222.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyes
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 compliantSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yes
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
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++
Java
Python
C++C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functionsnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functions
Triggersyesnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic shardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication in MPP-ClusterSource-replica replicationWith 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 loadingyesConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency in MPP-ClusternoneImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate 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-storageACIDnoACID at container levelACID
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 sourceyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AlaSQLAnzoGraph DBApache DrillGridDBH2
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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