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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. searchxml vs. TerminusDB vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. searchxml vs. TerminusDB vs. TigerGraph

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Native XML DBMS
Search engine
Graph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productsterminusdb.comwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#docs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulffinformationpartners gmbhDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2014201520182017
Current release1.011.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Prolog, RustC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language (WOQL)SQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsJavaScript
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoon the application serveryesyes
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagemultiple readers, single writerACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesRole-based access controlRole-based access control

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