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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. GreptimeDB vs. Memgraph vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. GreptimeDB vs. Memgraph vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyAn 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
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggreptime.commemgraph.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­database
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.greptime.commemgraph.com/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sql
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGreptime Inc.Memgraph LtdMicrosoft
Initial release2014202220172010
Current releaseV12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptRustC and C++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free and schema-optionalyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
.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 proceduresnoPythonTransact SQL
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTyes, with always 3 replicas available
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes 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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoSimple rights management via user accountsUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLGreptimeDBMemgraphMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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