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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Derby vs. Dgraph vs. Manticore Search

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Derby vs. Dgraph vs. Manticore Search

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMSMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgdb.apache.org/­derbydgraph.iomanticoresearch.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldgraph.io/­docsmanual.manticoresearch.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationDgraph Labs, Inc.Manticore Software
Initial release20142012199720162017
Current release1.20.3, January 202310.17.1.0, November 20236.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaGoC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeFixed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Boolean
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.nonoyesnoCan index from XML
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++JavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsJava Stored Proceduresnouser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneyesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication via RaftSynchronous replication based on Galera library
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writes
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 infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourceyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourcefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno infoPlanned for future releasesno

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