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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. FatDB vs. H2 vs. Memgraph vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. FatDB vs. H2 vs. Memgraph vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL Server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.h2database.commemgraph.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­database
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlmemgraph.com/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sql
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffFatCloudThomas MuellerMemgraph LtdMicrosoft
Initial release20142012200520172010
Current release2.2.220, July 2023V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#JavaC and C++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.no infoVia inetgration in SQL Serveryesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
JDBC
ODBC
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#Java.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infovia applicationsJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsTransact SQL
Triggersyesyes infovia applicationsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseMulti-source replication using RAFTyes, with always 3 replicas available
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLFatDBH2MemgraphMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure
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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Licensing and pricing modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
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