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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. JanusGraph vs. Spark SQL

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. JanusGraph vs. Spark SQL

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.94
Rank#129  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgjanusgraph.orgspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.janusgraph.orgspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusApache Software Foundation
Initial release2014201220172014
Current release1.20.3, January 20230.6.3, February 20233.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesnonoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++Clojure
Java
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)yes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engine
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDno
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 sourceyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourceno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourceUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Serverno

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