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

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

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon Neptune  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFast, reliable graph database built for the cloudA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Key-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
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
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­neptunewww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlaws.amazon.com/­neptune/­developer-resourceswww.ehcache.org/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGProgress Software Corporation
Initial release20142017200920141984
Current release3.10.0, March 2022OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesnononoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononoyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIOpenCypher
RDF 1.1 / SPARQL 1.1
TinkerPop Gremlin
JCacheJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaJavaScriptProgress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersyesnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
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 ServernoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnonoyes
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 resourceno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
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 approachyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)nonoUsers and groups

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