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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Amazon Neptune vs. HyperSQL vs. LokiJS vs. Newts

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Amazon Neptune vs. HyperSQL vs. LokiJS vs. Newts

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon Neptune  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFast, reliable graph database built for the cloudMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBIn-memory JavaScript DBMSTime Series DBMS based on Cassandra
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
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Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score2.20
Rank#113  Overall
#9  Graph DBMS
#5  RDF stores
Score3.14
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­neptunehsqldb.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSopennms.github.io/­newts
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlaws.amazon.com/­neptune/­developer-resourceshsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wiki
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonOpenNMS Group
Initial release20142017200120142014
Current release2.7.2, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIOpenCypher
RDF 1.1 / SPARQL 1.1
TinkerPop Gremlin
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIHTTP REST
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
JavaScriptJava
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava, SQLView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenoneSharding infobased on Cassandra
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.nonenoneselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
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-storageACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
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 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)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono

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