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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Oracle Rdb vs. RDFox vs. TempoIQ

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. Oracle Rdb vs. RDFox vs. TempoIQ

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.oxfordsemantic.techtempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Oxford Semantic TechnologiesTempoIQ
Initial release20142012198420172012
Current release1.20.3, January 20237.4.1.1, 20216.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
HP Open VMSLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes infoRDF schemasschema-free
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
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 compliantyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++C
Java
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnoyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonereplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoyes, on a single nodeACIDno
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 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 sourcenoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourceRoles, resources, and access typessimple authentication-based access control

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