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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BaseX vs. H2 vs. HugeGraph vs. SingleStore

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Native XML DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgbasex.orgwww.h2database.comgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
www.singlestore.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.basex.orgwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlhugegraph.apache.org/­docsdocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffBaseX GmbHThomas MuellerBaiduSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20142007200520182013
Current release10.7, August 20232.2.220, July 20230.98.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaJavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Unix
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenono infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesnoyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
JavaGroovy
Java
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsasynchronous Gremlin script jobsyes
Triggersyesyes infovia eventsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononovia hugegraph-sparkno infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infoedges in graphno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagemultiple readers, single writerACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissionsFine grained access control via users, groups and roles
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AlaSQLBaseXH2HugeGraphSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL
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Typical application scenariosDriving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersIEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsCustomers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsF ree Tier and Enterprise Edition
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