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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. HarperDB vs. Manticore Search vs. RDF4J

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Multi-storage database for search, including full-text search.RDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeDocument storeSearch engineRDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisewww.harperdb.iomanticoresearch.comrdf4j.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.datastax.comdocs.harperdb.io/­docsmanual.manticoresearch.comrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDataStaxHarperDBManticore SoftwareSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release20142011201720172004
Current release6.8, April 20203.1, August 20216.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaNode.jsC++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemaFixed schemayes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoJSON data typesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.nononoCan index from XML
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functionsyes
Triggersyesyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infono "single point of failure"A table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSynchronous replication based on Galera librarynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsAtomic execution of specific operationsyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes, using LMDByes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per objectAccess rights for users and rolesnono
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AlaSQLDatastax EnterpriseHarperDBManticore SearchRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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