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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. Interbase vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. Interbase vs. TerminusDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score4.61
Rank#72  Overall
#39  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdgraph.iowww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbaseterminusdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldgraph.io/­docsdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbaseterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDgraph Labs, Inc.EmbarcaderoDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2014201619842018
Current releaseInterBase 2020, December 201911.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoCProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
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.nonono infoexport as XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageyes
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesnoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via RaftInterbase Change ViewsJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
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 datayesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control

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