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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. OushuDB vs. SAP IQ vs. TypeDB vs. Typesense

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. OushuDB vs. SAP IQ vs. TypeDB vs. Typesense

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learningColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query languageA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#363  Overall
#154  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score0.65
Rank#234  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#210  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websitealasql.orgwww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDBwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmltypedb.comtypesense.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.oushu.com/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQtypedb.com/­docstypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffOushuSAP, formerly SybaseVaticle
Initial release2014199420162015
Current release4.0.1, August 202016.1 SPS04, April 20192.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.Full-featured ANSI SQL supportyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesnono
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSAP/Sybase Replication ServerMulti-source replication infoby using CassandraMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationHadoop integrationyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeperno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno infosubstituted by the relationship featureno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoKerberos, SSL and role based accessfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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AlaSQLOushuDBSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQTypeDB infoformerly named GraknTypesense
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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