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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. OrientDB vs. RisingWave vs. Rockset vs. Stardog

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)A distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBEnterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score0.58
Rank#242  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score2.02
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websitealasql.orgorientdb.orgwww.risingwave.com/­databaserockset.comwww.stardog.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introdocs.rockset.comdocs.stardog.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPRisingWave LabsRocksetStardog-Union
Initial release20142010202220192010
Current release3.2.29, March 20241.2, September 20237.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaRustC++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Docker
Linux
macOS
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yesschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesStandard SQL-types and JSONdynamic typingyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedno infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query language, no joinsyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APITinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP RESTGraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, JavascriptUDFs in Python or Javanouser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
TriggersyesHooksnonoyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationyesMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationship in graphsnonoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableUsers and RolesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users and roles

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