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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Blazegraph vs. FatDB vs. FileMaker

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Blazegraph vs. FatDB vs. FileMaker

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparison
Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHigh-performance graph database supporting Semantic Web (RDF/SPARQL) and Graph Database (tinkerpop3, blueprints, vertex-centric) APIs with scale-out and High Availability.A .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score12.45
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.81
Rank#213  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgimpala.apache.orgblazegraph.comwww.claris.com/­filemaker
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwiki.blazegraph.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaBlazegraphFatCloudClaris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release20142013200620121983
Current release4.1.0, June 20222.1.5, March 201919.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoextended commercial license availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaC#
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
WindowsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoRDF literal typesyesyes
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 infoA http query request can return the data in XML format
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsSPARQL is used as query languageno infoVia inetgration in SQL Serveryes infovia plugins
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyes infovia applicationsyes
Triggersyesnonoyes infovia applicationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factoryesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in Graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDnono
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosSecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)no infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationssimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory services

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