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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. MonetDB vs. RDFox vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. MonetDB vs. RDFox vs. TerminusDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA relational database management system that stores data in columnsHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.monetdb.orgwww.oxfordsemantic.techterminusdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.oxfordsemantic.techterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMonetDB BVOxford Semantic TechnologiesDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2014200420172018
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20236.0, Septermber 202211.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infoRDF schemasyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, in SQL, C, Ryes
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding via remote tablesGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusreplication via a shared file systemJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes
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 datayesyes
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRoles, resources, and access typesRole-based access control

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