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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenEdge vs. Titan

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenEdge vs. Titan

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonTitan  Xexclude from comparison
Titan has been decommisioned after the takeover by Datastax. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking. A fork has been open-sourced as JanusGraph.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsApplication development environment with integrated database management systemTitan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score3.69
Rank#78  Overall
#42  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.progress.com/­openedgegithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.objectbox.iodocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wiki
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffObjectBox LimitedProgress Software CorporationAurelius, owned by DataStax
Initial release2014201719842012
Current release4.0 (May 2024)OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache license, version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infoclose to SQL 92no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIProprietary native APIJDBC
ODBC
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)Clojure
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesyes
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4yes infovia pluggable storage backends
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engine
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes infoRelationships in graph
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 datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcast
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesUsers and groupsUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Server
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