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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. H2 vs. HugeGraph vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. H2 vs. HugeGraph vs. ObjectBox

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSTime 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
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdgraph.iowww.h2database.comgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
objectbox.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldgraph.io/­docswww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlhugegraph.apache.org/­docsdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDgraph Labs, Inc.Thomas MuellerBaiduObjectBox Limited
Initial release20142016200520182017
Current release2.2.220, July 20230.9
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJavaJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Unix
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaGroovy
Java
Python
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsasynchronous Gremlin script jobsno
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via RaftWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononovia hugegraph-sparkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infoedges in graphyes
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 datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissionsyes
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