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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Newts vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Newts vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryTime Series DBMS based on CassandraScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orgopennms.github.io/­newtsterminusdb.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffOpenNMS GroupDataChemist Ltd.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release2014201420182011
Current release11.0.0, January 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaProlog, RustC#
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP REST
Java API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
.Net
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaJavaScript
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesno
TriggersyesnoyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infobased on CassandraGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoRole-based access controlBased on Windows Authentication

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