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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BaseX vs. Datomic vs. InfinityDB vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BaseX vs. Datomic vs. InfinityDB vs. TerarkDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Native XML DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
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Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#136  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score1.76
Rank#145  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#359  Overall
#54  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#377  Overall
#58  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgbasex.orgwww.datomic.comboilerbay.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.basex.orgdocs.datomic.comboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffBaseX GmbHCognitectBoiler Bay Inc.ByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20142007201220022016
Current release10.7, August 20231.0.6735, June 20234.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJava, ClojureJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenono infoXQuery supports typesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysno
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 indexesnoyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
RESTful HTTP APIAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Clojure
Java
JavaC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes infoTransaction Functionsnono
Triggersyesyes infovia eventsBy using transaction functionsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagemultiple readers, single writerACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsnonono

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