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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Amazon DocumentDB vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. JaguarDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Amazon DocumentDB vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. JaguarDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon DocumentDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFast, scalable, highly available, and fully managed MongoDB-compatible database serviceAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformPerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applications
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeDocument storeKey-value store
Vector DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.91
Rank#131  Overall
#24  Document stores
Score4.36
Rank#72  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#381  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
#15  Vector DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­documentdbcloud.google.com/­datastorewww.jaguardb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlaws.amazon.com/­documentdb/­resourcescloud.google.com/­datastore/­docswww.jaguardb.com/­support.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogleDataJaguar, Inc.
Initial release2014201920082015
Current release3.3 July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languages
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedhostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes, details hereyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language (GQL)A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIproprietary protocol using JSON (MongoDB compatible)gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonousing Google App Engineno
TriggersyesnoCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-availability zones for high availability, asynchronous replication for up to 15 read replicasMulti-source replication using PaxosMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infomay be implemented via Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR)yes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infotypically not used, however similar functionality with DBRef possibleyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic single-document operationsACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of Transactionsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)rights management via user accounts

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