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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Amazon Aurora vs. Datomic vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Amazon Aurora vs. Datomic vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. LokiJS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon Aurora  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryMySQL and PostgreSQL compatible cloud service by AmazonDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score7.57
Rank#51  Overall
#32  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­rds/­aurorawww.datomic.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoregithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.aws.amazon.com/­AmazonRDS/­latest/­AuroraUserGuide/­CHAP_Aurora.htmldocs.datomic.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoretechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonCognitectGoogle
Initial release20142015201220172014
Current release1.0.7075, December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAll OS with a Java VMhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesno
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnonono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Clojure
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes infoTransaction Functionsyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsView functions in JavaScript
TriggersyesyesBy using transaction functionsyes, with Cloud Functionsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoUsing Cloud Dataflowyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDyesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.no

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