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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. Heroic vs. Memgraph vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. FileMaker vs. Heroic vs. Memgraph vs. SAP IQ

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­spotify/­heroicmemgraph.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroicmemgraph.com/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSpotifyMemgraph LtdSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release20141983201420171994
Current release19.4.1, November 202116.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infovia pluginsnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPHP.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yesMulti-source replication using RAFTSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, 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.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLFileMakerHeroicMemgraphSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ
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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