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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. TypeDB vs. YTsaurus

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. TypeDB vs. YTsaurus

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparisonYTsaurus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSTypeDB provides developers with an expressive, customizable type system to manage their data using an award-winning query language, TypeQL, while building on a high-performance, distributed architecture.YTsaurus is an open source platform for distributed storage and processing.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSGraph DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the graph database model.
Object oriented DBMS infoThe data model of TypeDB comprises object-oriented features such as class inheritance and interfaces.
Relational DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the relational database model.
Document store
Key-value store
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
Score0.65
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#9  Object oriented DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.15
Rank#323  Overall
#44  Document stores
#47  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgdgraph.iotypedb.comytsaurus.tech
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldgraph.io/­docstypedb.com/­docsytsaurus.tech/­docs/­en
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDgraph Labs, Inc.VaticleYandex
Initial release2014201620162023
Current release2.28.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Ubuntu
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoYQL, an SQL-based language, is supported
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (IDE)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All JVM based languages
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesnoSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via RaftSynchronous replication via raftyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoPlanned for future releasesyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progressAccess Control Lists
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AlaSQLDgraphTypeDB infoformerly named GraknYTsaurus
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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