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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Splice Machine vs. Stardog vs. Typesense

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Splice Machine vs. Stardog vs. Typesense

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonSplice Machine  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerOpen-Source SQL RDBMS for Operational and Analytical use cases with native Machine Learning, powered by Hadoop and SparkEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualizationA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Search engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.54
Rank#250  Overall
#114  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Score0.79
Rank#210  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websitealasql.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasesplicemachine.comwww.stardog.comtypesense.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlsplicemachine.com/­how-it-worksdocs.stardog.comtypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMicrosoftSplice MachineStardog-Union
Initial release20142010201420102015
Current releaseV123.1, March 20217.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0, commercial license availablecommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/studentsOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
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.noyesno infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatialyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Serverno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Native Spark Datasource
ODBC
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoTransact SQLyes infoJavauser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Javano
Triggersyesyesyesyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShared Nothhing Auto-Sharding, Columnar Partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with always 3 replicas availableMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication in HA-ClusterMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoYes, via Full Spark Integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
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-storageACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles

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