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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. H2 vs. MaxDB vs. MonetDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. H2 vs. MaxDB vs. MonetDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  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 robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA relational database management system that stores data in columns
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.39
Rank#155  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score7.57
Rank#47  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score2.15
Rank#115  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#135  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdgraph.iowww.h2database.commaxdb.sap.comwww.monetdb.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldgraph.io/­docswww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDgraph Labs, Inc.Thomas MuellerSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997MonetDB BV
Initial release20142016200519842004
Current release2.2.220, July 20237.9.10.12, February 2024Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJavaC++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesyesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensions
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsyesyes, in SQL, C, R
Triggersyesnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesnonenoneSharding via remote tables
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 databaseSource-replica replicationnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental status
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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