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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. MaxDB vs. PieCloudDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#304  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgmaxdb.sap.comwww.openpie.comterminusdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997OpenPieDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release201419842018
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20242.1, January 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyesGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyesJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL StandardRole-based access control
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AlaSQLMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DPieCloudDBTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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