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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. ArangoDB vs. Hypertable vs. Rockset vs. VelocityDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Wide column storeDocument storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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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
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgarangodb.comrockset.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.arangodb.comdocs.rockset.comvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffArangoDB Inc.Hypertable Inc.RocksetVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20142012200920192011
Current release3.11.5, November 20230.9.8.11, March 20167.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++C++C#
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
hostedAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashnodynamic typingyes
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.nono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
C++ API
Thrift
HTTP REST.Net
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJavaScriptnonono
TriggersyesnononoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infosince version 2.0ShardingAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorselectable replication factor on file system levelyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptyesnono
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)
Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnonoACID
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleBased on Windows Authentication
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AlaSQLArangoDBHypertableRocksetVelocityDB
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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