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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. TerminusDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
RDF storeKey-value store
Wide column store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#93  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score2.97
Rank#92  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlcloud.google.com/­bigtableterminusdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqljena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsGoogleDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2014200020152018
Current release4.9.0, July 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes
Triggersyesyes infovia event handlernoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACID infoTDB TransactionsAtomic single-row operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess control via Jena SecurityAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Role-based access control

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