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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. GridDB vs. Stardog vs. TerminusDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic DBMS for HadoopScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualizationScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgimpala.apache.orggriddb.netwww.stardog.comterminusdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.griddb.netdocs.stardog.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaToshiba CorporationStardog-UnionDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20142013201320102018
Current release4.1.0, June 20225.1, August 20227.3.0, May 202011.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availablecommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/studentsOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++JavaProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyes
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 possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes 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-like DML and DDL statementsSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)Yes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL ServerSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenouser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Javayes
Triggersyesnoyesyes infovia event handlersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication in HA-ClusterJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACID at container levelACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access control
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AlaSQLApache ImpalaGridDBStardogTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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