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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Blazegraph vs. Cassandra vs. Coveo

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Blazegraph vs. Cassandra vs. Coveo

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonCoveo  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksHigh-performance graph database supporting Semantic Web (RDF/SPARQL) and Graph Database (tinkerpop3, blueprints, vertex-centric) APIs with scale-out and High Availability.Wide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessAI-powered hosted search, recommendation and personalization platform providing tools for both low-code and full-code development
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Wide column storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.81
Rank#213  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score98.83
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score2.11
Rank#118  Overall
#11  Search engines
Websitealasql.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositoryblazegraph.comcassandra.apache.orgwww.coveo.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwiki.blazegraph.comcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.coveo.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAtos Convergence CreatorsBlazegraphApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookCoveo
Initial release20142016200620082012
Current release17032.1.5, March 20194.1.3, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoextended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeschema-freehybrid - fields need to be configured prior to indexing, but relationships can be exploited at query time without pre-configuration
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenooptionalyes infoRDF literal typesyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSPARQL is used as query languageSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APILDAPJava API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages with LDAP bindings.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesnono
Triggersyesyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"yes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in Graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoLDAP bind authenticationSecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)Access rights for users can be defined per objectgranular access controls, API key management, content filters
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AlaSQLAtos Standard Common RepositoryBlazegraphCassandraCoveo
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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