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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. GridGain vs. VelocityDB vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. GridGain vs. VelocityDB vs. WakandaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)WakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.datomic.comwww.gridgain.comvelocitydb.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.datomic.comwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlvelocitydb.com/­UserGuidewakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCognitectGridGain Systems, Inc.VelocityDB IncWakanda SAS
Initial release20142012200720112012
Current release1.0.7075, December 2023GridGain 8.5.17.x2.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureJava, C++, .NetC#C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Any that supports .NETLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
.NetRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptClojure
Java
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.NetJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)noyes
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsyes (cache interceptors and events)Callbacks are triggered when data changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes (replicated cache)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
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 FileStorageyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsBased on Windows Authenticationyes

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