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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. OpenQM vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. OpenQM vs. RDFox

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release2014201219932017
Current release1.20.3, January 20233.4-126.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsyes infoRDF schemas
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
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 datayesyes
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 sourceyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelRoles, resources, and access types

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