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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Brytlyt vs. LokiJS vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Brytlyt vs. LokiJS vs. PostGIS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBrytlyt  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryScalable GPU-accelerated RDBMS for very fast analytic and streaming workloads, leveraging PostgreSQLIn-memory JavaScript DBMSSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#292  Overall
#132  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitealasql.orgbrytlyt.iogithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpostgis.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.brytlyt.iotechfort.github.io/­LokiJSpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffBrytlyt
Initial release2014201620142005
Current release5.0, August 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC, C++ and CUDAJavaScriptC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
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.noyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.noyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
Python
Tcl
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions infoin PL/pgSQLView functions in JavaScriptuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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