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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. DataFS vs. Drizzle vs. Stardog

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. DataFS vs. Drizzle vs. Stardog

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.MySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Enterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.07
Rank#122  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgnewdatabase.comwww.stardog.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.stardog.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationMobiland AGDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerStardog-Union
Initial release20142012201820082010
Current release1.20.3, January 20231.1.263, October 20227.2.4, September 20127.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
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)Linux
OS X
Windows
WindowsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nononono infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnononoyesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JDBCGraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnouser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersyesnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingProprietary Sharding systemShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDACID
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 sourceWindows-ProfilePluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users and roles

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