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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. mSQL vs. NebulaGraph vs. SpatiaLite vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. mSQL vs. NebulaGraph vs. SpatiaLite vs. TerminusDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarymSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSSpatial extension of SQLiteScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.26
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#122  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
Score1.56
Rank#142  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orghughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indexterminusdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.nebula-graph.iowww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.htmlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHughes TechnologiesVesoft Inc.Alessandro FurieriDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20141994201920082018
Current release4.4, October 20215.0.0, August 202011.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC++C++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linuxserver-lessLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesStrong typed schemayesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingnoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocolnoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoRole-based access controlnoRole-based access control
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLmSQL infoMini SQLNebulaGraphSpatiaLiteTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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