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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Sequoiadb vs. SQream DB vs. Stardog

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Sequoiadb vs. SQream DB vs. Stardog

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic DBMS for HadoopNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloadsEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#227  Overall
#104  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websitealasql.orgimpala.apache.orgwww.sequoiadb.comsqream.comwww.stardog.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexdocs.sqream.comdocs.stardog.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaSequoiadb Ltd.SQream TechnologiesStardog-Union
Initial release20142013201320172010
Current release4.1.0, June 20222022.1.6, December 20227.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2commercialcommercial 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 languageJavaScriptC++C++C++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, ScalaJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinuxLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesnoyes 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 statementsSQL-like query languageyesYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol using JSON.Net
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJavaScriptuser defined functions in Pythonuser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersyesnononoyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardinghorizontal and vertical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoDocument is locked during a transactionACIDACID
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 controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and Kerberossimple password-based access controlAccess rights for users and roles

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