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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BaseX vs. HarperDB vs. OushuDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BaseX vs. HarperDB vs. OushuDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.HarperDB takes the "stack" out of "tech stack" by combining an ultra-fast document-style data store, in-memory cache, real-time message broker, and your application components into a single distributed technology.A data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learning
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Native XML DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.56
Rank#141  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#243  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.05
Rank#357  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgbasex.orgwww.harperdb.iowww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDB
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.basex.orgdocs.harperdb.io/­docswww.oushu.com/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffBaseX GmbHHarperDBOushu
Initial release201420072017
Current release11.2, August 20243.1, August 20214.0.1, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaNode.js
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenono infoXQuery supports typesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like data manipulation statementsFull-featured ANSI SQL support
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes
Triggersyesyes infovia eventsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusteryes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be defined
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagemultiple readers, single writerAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess rights for users and rolesKerberos, SSL and role based access

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