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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. OpenQM vs. PouchDB vs. SurrealDB vs. Titan

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. OpenQM vs. PouchDB vs. SurrealDB vs. Titan

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  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 libraryQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSTitan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Graph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmpouchdb.comsurrealdb.comgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlpouchdb.com/­guidessurrealdb.com/­docsgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wiki
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsApache Software FoundationSurrealDB LtdAurelius, owned by DataStax
Initial release20141993201220222012
Current release3.4-127.1.1, June 2019v1.1.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache license, version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptRustJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
JavaScriptDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Clojure
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeyes infovia pluggable storage backends
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engine
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graph
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes 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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Server

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