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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. ArangoDB vs. Cloudflare Workers KV vs. JanusGraph vs. jBASE

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. ArangoDB vs. Cloudflare Workers KV vs. JanusGraph vs. jBASE

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonCloudflare Workers KV  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  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.A global, low-latency, key-value store for applications on Cloudflare with exceptionally high read volumes and low-latency.A Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Key-value storeGraph DBMSMultivalue DBMS
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Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score3.30
Rank#82  Overall
#14  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#10  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.29
Rank#283  Overall
#40  Key-value stores
Score1.85
Rank#134  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score1.36
Rank#157  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgarangodb.comwww.cloudflare.com/­developer-platform/­workers-kvjanusgraph.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.arangodb.comdevelopers.cloudflare.com/­kv/­apidocs.janusgraph.orgdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffArangoDB Inc.CloudflareLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release20142012201820171991
Current release3.11.5, November 20231.0.0, October 20235.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashnoyesoptional
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
HTTP REST
Proprietary protocol
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C
C++
Dart
JavaScript
Kotlin
Python
Rust
Scala
Clojure
Java
Python
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJavaScriptnoyesyes
Triggersyesnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infosince version 2.0yes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication with configurable replication factoryesyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engineno
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)
Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServerAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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AlaSQLArangoDBCloudflare Workers KVJanusGraph infosuccessor of TitanjBASE
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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