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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. PouchDB vs. Rockset vs. Stardog vs. Ultipa

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA 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 virtualizationHigh performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score2.02
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Score0.13
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgpouchdb.comrockset.comwww.stardog.comwww.ultipa.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlpouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.rockset.comdocs.stardog.comwww.ultipa.com/­document
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationRocksetStardog-UnionUltipa
Initial release20142012201920102019
Current release7.1.1, June 20197.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/studentscommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonodynamic 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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportedno infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsall 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.noRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP RESTGraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptnouser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersyesyesnoyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
yesMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users and roles

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