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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. ArcadeDB vs. GridGain vs. Ingres vs. OpenQM

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. ArcadeDB vs. GridGain vs. Ingres vs. OpenQM

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteWell established RDBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.02
Rank#366  Overall
#50  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#53  Key-value stores
#36  Time Series DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgarcadedb.comwww.gridgain.comwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.arcadedb.comwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.actian.com/­ingres
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffArcade DataGridGain Systems, Inc.Actian CorporationRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release2014202120071974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s1993
Current releaseSeptember 2021GridGain 8.5.111.2, May 20223.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJava, C++, .NetC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query language, no joinsANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yesyes
Triggersyesyes (cache interceptors and events)yesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslyyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyes (replicated cache)Ingres Replicatoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationship in graphsnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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