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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Drizzle vs. Memgraph vs. Quasardb vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Drizzle vs. Memgraph vs. Quasardb vs. TinkerGraph

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgmemgraph.comquasar.aitinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlmemgraph.com/­docsdoc.quasar.ai/­master
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerMemgraph Ltdquasardb
Initial release20142008201720092009
Current release7.2.4, September 20123.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C and C++C++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
LinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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 infowith tagsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infowith proprietary extensionsnoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCBolt protocol
Cypher query language
HTTP APITinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.nono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replication with selectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes inforelationships in graphsnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes infoby using LevelDBoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPUsers, roles and permissionsCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailno
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Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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