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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BaseX vs. Datomic vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BaseX vs. Datomic vs. Sadas Engine

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  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 durabilitySADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Native XML DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgbasex.orgwww.datomic.comwww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.basex.orgdocs.datomic.comwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffBaseX GmbHCognitectSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release2014200720122006
Current release10.7, August 20231.0.6735, June 20238.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJava, ClojureC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenono infoXQuery supports typesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Clojure
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes infoTransaction Functionsno
Triggersyesyes infovia eventsBy using transaction functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peershorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagemultiple readers, single writerACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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)yes
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 developmentyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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