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

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySpatial extension of PostgreSQLA 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
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
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.orgpostgis.netwww.risingwave.com/­databaserockset.comwww.stardog.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlpostgis.net/­documentationdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­introdocs.rockset.comdocs.stardog.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRisingWave LabsRocksetStardog-Union
Initial release20142005202220192010
Current release3.4.2, February 20241.2, September 20237.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open 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 languageJavaScriptCRustC++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Docker
Linux
macOS
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-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.noyesnono 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.yesyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
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 languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsUDFs in Python or Javanouser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersyesyesnonoyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLyesMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes 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.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLUsers and RolesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users and roles

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