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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. ObjectBox vs. SQL.JS vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. ObjectBox vs. SQL.JS vs. Yaacomo

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn embedded key-value store for Go.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsPort of SQLite to JavaScriptOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.41
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#230  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score1.10
Rank#173  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#10  Vector DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#247  Overall
#115  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
sql.js.orgyaacomo.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.objectbox.iosql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffObjectBox LimitedAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release20142013201720122009
Current release4.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoMIT LicenseBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoC and C++JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyes, plus "flex" map-like 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIProprietary native APIJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGoC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersyesnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLBoltDBObjectBoxSQL.JSYaacomo
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