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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. HugeGraph vs. LeanXcale

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. HugeGraph vs. LeanXcale

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonLeanXcale  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSA highly scalable full ACID SQL database with fast NoSQL data ingestion and GIS capabilities
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSKey-value store
Relational 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
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#291  Overall
#41  Key-value stores
#132  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orggithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
www.leanxcale.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docshugegraph.apache.org/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationBaiduLeanXcale
Initial release2014201220182015
Current release1.20.3, January 20230.9
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnonoyes infoalso supports composite index and range index
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoyes infothrough Apache Derby
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++Groovy
Java
Python
C
Java
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsasynchronous Gremlin script jobs
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesvia hugegraph-sparkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoedges in graphyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourceUsers, roles and permissions

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