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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Impala vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. TerminusDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic DBMS for HadoopHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Search engineGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeVector DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgimpala.apache.orgatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositoryazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchterminusdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmllearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaAtos Convergence CreatorsMicrosoftDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20142013201620152018
Current release4.1.0, June 20221703V111.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinuxhostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptionalyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
LDAPRESTful HTTP APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCAll languages with LDAP bindingsC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenonoyes
Triggersyesnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infocell divisionSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factoryesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosLDAP bind authenticationyes infousing Azure authenticationRole-based access control

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