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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. ArangoDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. ArangoDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. Teradata Aster

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be 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.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgarangodb.comwww.mcobject.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.arangodb.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htm
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffArangoDB Inc.McObjectTeradata
Initial release2014201220012005
Current release3.11.5, November 20238.2, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyes
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 infosupport of XML interfaces availableyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJavaScriptyesR packages
Triggersyesnoyes infoby defining eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infosince version 2.0horizontal partitioning / shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
yes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AlaSQLArangoDBeXtremeDBTeradata Aster
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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eXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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eXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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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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IoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Schneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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With hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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For server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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