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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. H2 vs. KeyDB vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. H2 vs. KeyDB vs. SurrealDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  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.An ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocolsA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#229  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdgraph.iowww.h2database.comgithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
surrealdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldgraph.io/­docswww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.keydb.devsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDgraph Labs, Inc.Thomas MuellerEQ Alpha Technology Ltd.SurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20142016200520192022
Current release2.2.220, July 2023v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoBSD-3Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJavaC++Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyespartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infoby using the Redis Search module
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocoGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaC
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsLua
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesnoneSharding
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 databaseMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scriptsACID
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 FileStorageyesyesyes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logsyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple password-based access control and ACLyes, based on authentication and database rules

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