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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. searchxml vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. searchxml vs. XTDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Document store
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
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgdgraph.iowww.searchxml.net/­category/­productsgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldgraph.io/­docswww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutswww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDgraph Labs, Inc.informationpartners gmbhJuxt Ltd.
Initial release2014201620152019
Current release1.01.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoC++Clojure
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
WindowsAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonolimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsClojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoon the application serverno
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via Raftyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsyes, each node contains all data
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 integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDmultiple readers, single writerACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
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 releasesDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services

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