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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Amazon Neptune vs. Ehcache vs. Hazelcast vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Amazon Neptune vs. Ehcache vs. Hazelcast vs. LokiJS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon Neptune  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFast, reliable graph database built for the cloudA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA widely adopted in-memory data gridIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Key-value storeKey-value storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score2.20
Rank#119  Overall
#9  Graph DBMS
#5  RDF stores
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­neptunewww.ehcache.orghazelcast.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlaws.amazon.com/­neptune/­developer-resourceswww.ehcache.org/­documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGHazelcast
Initial release20142017200920082014
Current release3.10.0, March 20225.3.6, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-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.nononoyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyno
Secondary indexesnononoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIOpenCypher
RDF 1.1 / SPARQL 1.1
TinkerPop Gremlin
JCacheJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoEventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-availability zones high availability, asynchronous replication for up to 15 read replicas within a single region. Global database clusters consists of a primary write DB cluster in one region, and up to five secondary read DB clusters in different regions. Each secondary region can have up to 16 reader instances.yes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes infoReplicated Mapnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus Algorithmnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedno 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 FileStorageyes infowith encyption-at-restyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes 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.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)noRole-based access controlno

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