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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Cloudflare Workers KV vs. Derby vs. Dgraph

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Cloudflare Workers KV vs. Derby vs. Dgraph

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonCloudflare Workers KV  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA global, low-latency, key-value store for applications on Cloudflare with exceptionally high read volumes and low-latency.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#283  Overall
#40  Key-value stores
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.cloudflare.com/­developer-platform/­workers-kvdb.apache.org/­derbydgraph.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdevelopers.cloudflare.com/­kv/­apidb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldgraph.io/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationCloudflareApache Software FoundationDgraph Labs, Inc.
Initial release20142012201819972016
Current release1.20.3, January 202310.17.1.0, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnononoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Proprietary protocol
JDBCGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++C
C++
Dart
JavaScript
Kotlin
Python
Rust
Scala
JavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersyesnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication via Raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourcenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno infoPlanned for future releases

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