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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. GigaSpaces vs. H2 vs. HarperDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.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.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Relational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgdgraph.iowww.gigaspaces.comwww.h2database.comwww.harperdb.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldgraph.io/­docsdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDgraph Labs, Inc.Gigaspaces TechnologiesThomas MuellerHarperDB
Initial release20142016200020052017
Current release15.5, September 20202.2.220, July 20233.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial infofree community edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJava, C++, .NetJavaNode.js
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesdynamic schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes infoJSON data types
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.nonono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-99 for query and DML statementsyesSQL-like data manipulation statements
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
Java.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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1
Triggersyesnoyes, event driven architectureyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesShardingnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a cluster
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
With clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be defined
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes, using LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoPlanned for future releasesRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles

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