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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Altibase vs. Coveo vs. jBASE vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Altibase vs. Coveo vs. jBASE vs. Lovefield

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonCoveo  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSAI-powered hosted search, recommendation and personalization platform providing tools for both low-code and full-code developmentA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSearch engineMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#114  Overall
#11  Search engines
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaltibase.comwww.coveo.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdocs.coveo.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9github.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAltibaseCoveoRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Google
Initial release20141999201219912014
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20235.72.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freeyeshybrid - fields need to be configured prior to indexing, but relationships can be exploited at query time without pre-configurationschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesoptionalyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.ANSI SQL-92noEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnostored procedures and stored functionsnoyesno
TriggersyesyesyesyesUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyesyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardgranular access controls, API key management, content filtersAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelno

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