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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Druid vs. MonetDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Stardog

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Druid vs. MonetDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Stardog

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataA relational database management system that stores data in columnsExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.07
Rank#122  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websitealasql.orgdruid.apache.orgwww.monetdb.orgobjectbox.iowww.stardog.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.objectbox.iodocs.stardog.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation and contributorsMonetDB BVObjectBox LimitedStardog-Union
Initial release20142012200420172010
Current release29.0.1, April 2024Dec2023 (11.49), December 20237.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaCC and C++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Unix
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
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 infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL for queryingyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Proprietary native APIGraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes, in SQL, C, Rnouser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersyesnoyesnoyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedSharding via remote tablesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusonline/offline synchronization between client and serverMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesAccess rights for users and roles
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