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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. FileMaker vs. HarperDB vs. SWC-DB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn embedded key-value store for Go.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.A high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsTime Series 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
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleHarperDBAlex Kashirin
Initial release20142013198320172020
Current release19.4.1, November 20213.1, August 20210.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoNode.jsC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesdynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyes infoJSON data types
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.nonoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infovia pluginsSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGoPHP.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++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1no
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be defined
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesnoAtomic execution of specific operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users and roles

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