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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. DataFS vs. Graph Engine vs. Heroic vs. Kingbase

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. DataFS vs. Graph Engine vs. Heroic vs. Kingbase

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonGraph Engine infoformer name: Trinity  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.A distributed in-memory data processing engine, underpinned by a strongly-typed RAM store and a general distributed computation engineTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSGraph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#232  Overall
#21  Graph DBMS
#34  Key-value stores
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgnewdatabase.comwww.graphengine.iogithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.kingbase.com.cn
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.graphengine.io/­docs/­manualspotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMobiland AGMicrosoftSpotifyBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.
Initial release20142018201020141999
Current release1.1.263, October 2022V8.0, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScript.NET and CJavaC and Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Windows.NETLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesnonoyes infovia Elasticsearchyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononoStandard with numerous extensions
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
RESTful HTTP APIHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C#
C++
F#
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnouser defined functions
Triggersyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenednonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneProprietary Sharding systemhorizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesoptional: either by committing a write-ahead log (WAL) to the local persistent storage or by dumping the memory to a persistent storageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoWindows-Profilefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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