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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. Fauna vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. ObjectBox

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.Hawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#151  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#366  Overall
#39  Time Series DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdgraph.iofauna.comwww.hawkular.orgobjectbox.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldgraph.io/­docsdocs.fauna.comwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidedocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDgraph Labs, Inc.Fauna, Inc.Community supported by Red HatObjectBox Limited
Initial release20142016201420142017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoScalaJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP RESTProprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnonoyes infovia Hawkular Alertingno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyeshorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingSharding infobased on Cassandranone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandraonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoPlanned for future releasesIdentity management, authentication, and access controlnoyes
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