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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. PouchDB vs. STSdb vs. SwayDB vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. PouchDB vs. STSdb vs. SwayDB vs. TigerGraph

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeKey-value storeKey-value storeGraph DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgpouchdb.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4swaydb.simer.auwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlpouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SCSimer Plaha
Initial release20142012201120182017
Current release7.1.1, June 20194.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC#ScalaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)noyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononoSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
.NET Client APIGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptC#
Java
Java
Kotlin
Scala
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptnonoyes
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoAtomic execution of operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonononoRole-based access control

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