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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. ArcadeDB vs. BigchainDB vs. Ingres

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. ArcadeDB vs. BigchainDB vs. Ingres

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsWell established RDBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Document storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#355  Overall
#48  Document stores
#37  Graph DBMS
#52  Key-value stores
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score4.67
Rank#77  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgarcadedb.comwww.bigchaindb.comwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingres
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.arcadedb.combigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.actian.com/­ingres
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffArcade DataActian Corporation
Initial release2014202120161974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s
Current releaseSeptember 202111.2, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaPythonC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-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.nononono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files available
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query language, no joinsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneously
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationselectable replication factorIngres Replicator
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationship in graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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