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

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

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  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 rewrittenWell established RDBMSA high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryQpenQM 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
Relational DBMSKey-value storeMultivalue DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
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
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score1.99
Rank#125  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgarcadedb.comwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingreswww.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.arcadedb.comdocs.actian.com/­ingreswww.lmdb.tech/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffArcade DataActian CorporationSymasRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release201420211974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s20111993
Current releaseSeptember 202111.2, May 20220.9.32, January 20243.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaCC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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.nonono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query language, no joinsyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
Tcl
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationIngres Replicatornoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationship in graphsyesnono
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 datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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