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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Blazegraph vs. Lovefield vs. MonetDB vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Blazegraph vs. Lovefield vs. MonetDB vs. TigerGraph

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHigh-performance graph database supporting Semantic Web (RDF/SPARQL) and Graph Database (tinkerpop3, blueprints, vertex-centric) APIs with scale-out and High Availability.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.75
Rank#219  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgblazegraph.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.monetdb.orgwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwiki.blazegraph.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffBlazegraphGoogleMonetDB BV
Initial release20142006201420042017
Current release2.1.5, March 20192.1.12, February 2017Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoextended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaScriptCC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoRDF literal 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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SPARQL is used as query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes, in SQL, C, Ryes
TriggersyesnoUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding via remote tables
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental status
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in Graphsyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
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 datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoSecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control

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