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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. AntDB vs. GeoSpock vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. AntDB vs. GeoSpock vs. LokiJS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAntDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA scalable, multi-tenant, MPP-architectured RDBMS for OLTP and OLAP operations, highly compatible with OracleSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#342  Overall
#149  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.asiainfo.com/­en_us/­product_aisware_antdb_detail.htmlgeospock.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAsiaInfo Technologies LimitedGeoSpock
Initial release20142014
Current release2.0, September 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, JavascriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyestemporal, categoricalyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL2016 compliantANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
MySQL protocol compliant
ODBC
JDBCJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes 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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per tableno

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