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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. HyperSQL vs. OrigoDB vs. TerminusDB vs. Trafodion

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orghsqldb.orgorigodb.comterminusdb.comtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlorigodb.com/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#trafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRobert Friberg et alDataChemist Ltd.Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release201420012009 infounder the name LiveDB20182014
Current release2.7.2, June 202311.0.0, January 20232.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC#Prolog, RustC++, Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes
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.nonono infocan be achieved using .NETnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.NetJavaScript
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLyesyesJava Stored Procedures
Triggersyesyesyes infoDomain Eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replicationJournaling Streamsyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesdepending on modelyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorizationRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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