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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Amazon CloudSearch vs. EJDB vs. LokiJS vs. TinkerGraph

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)In-memory JavaScript DBMSA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Search engineDocument storeDocument storeGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.85
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJStinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonSoftmotions
Initial release20142012201220142009
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedserver-lessserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idnoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyes infoall search fields are automatically indexednoyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP APIin-process shared libraryJavaScript APITinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptGroovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requirednonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infomanaged transparently by AWSnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.optional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoauthentication via encrypted signaturesnonono

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