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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Alibaba Cloud Table Store vs. LokiJS vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenEdge

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud Table Store  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA fully managed Wide Column Store for large quantities of semi-structured data with real-time accessIn-memory JavaScript DBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeDocument storeObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.26
Rank#301  Overall
#12  Wide column stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­table-storegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSobjectbox.iowww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­tablestoretechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.objectbox.iodocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlibabaObjectBox LimitedProgress Software Corporation
Initial release20142016201420171984
Current releaseOpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesnonoyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononoyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP APIJavaScript APIProprietary native APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
Python
JavaScriptC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptnoyes
Triggersyesnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenonenonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneonline/offline synchronization between client and serverSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic single-row operationsno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes 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.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights based on subaccounts and tokensnoyesUsers and groups
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