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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. ArangoDB vs. Bangdb vs. EXASOL vs. Oracle Rdb

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Converged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Document store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.08
Rank#347  Overall
#47  Document stores
#34  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgarangodb.combangdb.comwww.exasol.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.arangodb.comdocs.bangdb.comwww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffArangoDB Inc.Sachin Sinha, BangDBExasolOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Initial release20142012201220001984
Current release3.11.5, November 2023BangDB 2.0, October 20217.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoBSD 3commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C, C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxHP Open VMS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyesyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL like support with command line toolyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
Java
Lua
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJavaScriptnouser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infosince version 2.0Sharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnoyes infoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Tunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDyes, on a single node
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, optimistic concurrency controlyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes, run db with in-memory only modeyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesyes (enterprise version only)Access rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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AlaSQLArangoDBBangdbEXASOLOracle Rdb
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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