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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Amazon DocumentDB vs. EDB Postgres vs. HarperDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon DocumentDB  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFast, scalable, highly available, and fully managed MongoDB-compatible database serviceThe EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.91
Rank#132  Overall
#24  Document stores
Score1.90
Rank#135  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­documentdbwww.enterprisedb.comwww.harperdb.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlaws.amazon.com/­documentdb/­resourceswww.enterprisedb.com/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffEnterpriseDBHarperDB
Initial release2014201920052017
Current release14, December 20213.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentscommercial infofree community edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCNode.js
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesdynamic schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infoJSON data types
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.nonoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infostandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like data manipulation statements
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIproprietary protocol using JSON (MongoDB compatible)ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.Custom Functions infosince release 3.1
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a cluster
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-availability zones for high availability, asynchronous replication for up to 15 read replicasMulti-source replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be defined
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infomay be implemented via Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infotypically not used, however similar functionality with DBRef possibleyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic single-document operationsACIDAtomic execution of specific operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes, using LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles

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