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

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon Neptune  Xexclude from comparisondBASE  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFast, reliable graph database built for the clouddBase was one of the first databases with a development environment on PC's. Its latest version dBase V is still sold as dBase classic, which needs a DOS Emulation. The up-to-date product is dBase plus.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
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
Score10.34
Rank#44  Overall
#28  Relational DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­neptunewww.dbase.comwww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlaws.amazon.com/­neptune/­developer-resourceswww.dbase.com/­support/­knowledgebasewww.ehcache.org/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonAsthon TateTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AG
Initial release20142017197920092014
Current releasedBASE 2019, 20193.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source
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)hostedDOS infodBase Classic
Windows infodBase Pro
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIOpenCypher
RDF 1.1 / SPARQL 1.1
TinkerPop Gremlin
none infoThe IDE can access other DBMS or ODBC-sources.JCacheJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
dBase proprietary IDEJavaJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono infoThe IDE can access stored procedures in other database systems.noView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnonoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernone
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.noneyes infoby using Terracotta Servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDno infonot for dBase internal data, but IDE does support transactions when accessing external DBMSyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceno 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-restyesyes 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.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users and rolesnono

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