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DBMS > SQL.JS vs. STSdb vs. Teradata Aster vs. TigerGraph vs. Titan

System Properties Comparison SQL.JS vs. STSdb vs. Teradata Aster vs. TigerGraph vs. Titan

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NameSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTitan  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.Titan has been decommisioned after the takeover by Datastax. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking. A fork has been open-sourced as JanusGraph.
DescriptionPort of SQLite to JavaScriptKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and typesA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeTitan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitesql.js.orggithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4www.tigergraph.comgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan
Technical documentationsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmldocs.tigergraph.comgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wiki
DeveloperAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersSTS Soft SCTeradataAurelius, owned by DataStax
Initial release20122011200520172012
Current release4.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache license, version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#C++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsLinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Storeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yesyesyes
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.noyes infoin Aster File Storeno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportednoyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.NET Client APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Java
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
C++
Java
Clojure
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoR packagesyesyes
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingyes infovia pluggable storage backends
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Frameworkyesyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engine
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphsyes infoRelationships in graph
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcast
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Server

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