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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. Cubrid vs. LokiJS vs. Pinecone

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. Cubrid vs. LokiJS vs. Pinecone

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn embedded key-value store for Go.CUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeVector DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.20
Rank#169  Overall
#78  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.16
Rank#95  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltcubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcubrid.org/­manualstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release20142013200820142019
Current release11.0, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoC, C++, JavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesnoString, Number, Boolean
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGoC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptPython
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava Stored ProceduresView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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