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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Stardog

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Stardog

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA multi-model DBMS and application serverEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.53
Rank#258  Overall
#40  Document stores
#119  Relational DBMS
Score1.53
Rank#164  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score2.03
Rank#136  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websitealasql.orgdgraph.iowww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.stardog.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldgraph.io/­docsdocs.intersystems.comdocs.stardog.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDgraph Labs, Inc.InterSystemsStardog-Union
Initial release2014201619972010
Current release2018.1.4, May 20207.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedepending on used data modelschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesuser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersyesnoyesyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
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 releasesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights for users and roles

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