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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. ObjectBox vs. TypeDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. ObjectBox vs. TypeDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSHawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query language
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#366  Overall
#39  Time Series DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#106  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdgraph.iowww.hawkular.orgobjectbox.iotypedb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldgraph.io/­docswww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guidedocs.objectbox.iotypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDgraph Labs, Inc.Community supported by Red HatObjectBox LimitedVaticle
Initial release20142016201420172016
Current release2.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJavaC and C++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
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 indexesnoyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
HTTP RESTProprietary native APIgRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononono
Triggersyesnoyes infovia Hawkular Alertingnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesSharding infobased on CassandranoneSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via Raftselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandraonline/offline synchronization between client and serverMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeper
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoPlanned for future releasesnoyesyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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AlaSQLDgraphHawkular MetricsObjectBoxTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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