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DBMS > Aerospike vs. AlaSQL vs. HyperSQL vs. LokiJS vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. AlaSQL vs. HyperSQL vs. LokiJS vs. TerminusDB

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NameAerospike infopreviously called Citrusleaf  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFlash-optimized In-memory NoSQL DatabaseJavaScript DBMS libraryMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBIn-memory JavaScript DBMSScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS infoleveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score6.10
Rank#59  Overall
#11  Document stores
#3  Graph DBMS
#7  Key-value stores
#2  Spatial DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score3.90
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.22
Rank#323  Overall
#28  Graph DBMS
Websiteaerospike.comalasql.orghsqldb.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.aerospike.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTube
DeveloperAerospikeAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20122014200120142018
Current release7.0, November 20232.7.2, June 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache and AGPL Licenses; open sourced in June 2014; commercial Enterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJavaJavaScriptProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesnoyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin
JavaScript APIHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
JavaScriptJavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infowith LuanoJava, SQLView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersnoyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonenoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornonenonenoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoAerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reducenonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency in cross-datacenter configuration and Immediate Consistency in local cluster configurationnoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of operationsyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles infowith Enterprise Edition onlynofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoRole-based access control
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Aerospike infopreviously called CitrusleafAlaSQLHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBLokiJSTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
Specific characteristicsAerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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Competitive advantagesOptimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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Typical application scenariosAerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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Key customersNielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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Market metricsAerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSubscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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