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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. JanusGraph vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. JanusGraph vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Rockset

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017Oracles in-memory data grid solutionA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.94
Rank#129  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.datomic.comjanusgraph.orgwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencerockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.datomic.comdocs.janusgraph.orgdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencedocs.rockset.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCognitectLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusOracleRockset
Initial release20142012201720072019
Current release1.0.6735, June 20230.6.3, February 202314.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesdynamic typing
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.nonononono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIJava API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptClojure
Java
Clojure
Java
Python
.Net
C++
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsyesnono
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsyesyes infoLive Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)ShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyesyes, with selectable consistency levelyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDconfigurableno
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)yes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes infooptionallyyes
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 developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Serverauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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