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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. MaxDB vs. Rockset vs. Sadas Engine vs. Stardog

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websitealasql.orgmaxdb.sap.comrockset.comwww.sadasengine.comwww.stardog.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.rockset.comwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationdocs.stardog.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997RocksetSADAS s.r.l.Stardog-Union
Initial release20141984201920062010
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20248.07.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialcommercial infofree trial version availablecommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C++C++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesdynamic typingyesyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportednono infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedyesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyesYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
HTTP RESTJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnonouser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersyesyesnonoyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyesnoneMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles

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