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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. GeoSpock vs. Newts vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. GeoSpock vs. Newts vs. Quasardb

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleTime Series DBMS based on CassandraDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdgraph.iogeospock.comopennms.github.io/­newtsquasar.ai
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldgraph.io/­docsgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDgraph Labs, Inc.GeoSpockOpenNMS Groupquasardb
Initial release2014201620142009
Current release2.0, September 20193.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJava, JavascriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesnoyestemporal, categoricalnoyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)noSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JDBCHTTP REST
Java API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononono
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesAutomatic shardingSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via Raftselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononowith Hadoop integration
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 integrityyesnononono
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 FileStorageyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoPlanned for future releasesAccess rights for users can be defined per tablenoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail

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