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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Dgraph vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. MySQL

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Dgraph vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. MySQL

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonMySQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic DBMS for HadoopDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentWidely used open source RDBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMS infoKey/Value like access via memcached API
Secondary database modelsDocument storeVector DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score10.63
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.39
Rank#155  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score5.75
Rank#58  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score1029.49
Rank#2  Overall
#2  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgimpala.apache.orgdgraph.ioazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.mysql.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldgraph.io/­docslearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdev.mysql.com/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDgraph Labs, Inc.MicrosoftOracle infosince 2010, originally MySQL AB, then Sun
Initial release20142013201620151995
Current release4.1.0, June 2022V19.0.0, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2. Commercial licenses with extended functionallity are available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++GoC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersyesnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning, sharding with MySQL Cluster or MySQL Fabric
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorSynchronous replication via Raftyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDnoACID infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
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 controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberosno infoPlanned for future releasesyes infousing Azure authenticationUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles

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