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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. dBASE vs. Kdb vs. Memgraph vs. SiteWhere

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. dBASE vs. Kdb vs. Memgraph vs. SiteWhere

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarydBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.High performance Time Series DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.41
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score8.32
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score7.06
Rank#48  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#2  Vector DBMS
Score2.72
Rank#97  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#350  Overall
#32  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.dbase.comkx.commemgraph.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasecode.kx.commemgraph.com/­docssitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
Social network pagesGitHubLinkedInTwitterDiscordFacebook
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAsthon TateKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMemgraph LtdSiteWhere
Initial release201419792000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320172010
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20193.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptqC and C++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)DOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free and schema-optionalpredefined scheme
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'no
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language (q)nono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APInone infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptdBase proprietary IDEC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.user defined functions
Triggersyesnoyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioningSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication using RAFTselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSnoACID infowith snapshot isolationno
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.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesrights management via user accountsUsers, roles and permissionsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
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AlaSQLdBASEKdbMemgraphSiteWhere
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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