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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BigObject vs. LokiJS vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BigObject vs. LokiJS vs. SurrealDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgbigobject.iogithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.bigobject.iotechfort.github.io/­LokiJSsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffBigObject, Inc.SurrealDB Ltd
Initial release2014201520142022
Current releasev1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptRust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes
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 indexesnoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoLuaView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes 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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoyes, based on authentication and database rules

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