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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. DataFS vs. EJDB vs. LokiJS vs. TerminusDB

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Name

Description

JavaScript DBMS library

All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.

Embeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships

Primary database model

Document store
Relational DBMS

Object oriented DBMS

Document store

Graph DBMS

Secondary database models

Graph DBMS

Document store
RDF store

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Score	0.51
Rank	#256	Overall
	#40	Document stores
	#118	Relational DBMS

Score	0.09
Rank	#360	Overall
	#18	Object oriented DBMS

Score	0.31
Rank	#296	Overall
	#44	Document stores

Score	0.49
Rank	#260	Overall
	#42	Document stores

Score	0.23
Rank	#316	Overall
	#27	Graph DBMS

Website

alasql.org

newdatabase.com

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

terminusdb.com

Technical documentation

github.com/AlaSQL/alasql

dev.mobiland.com/Overview.xsp

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb/blob/master/README.md

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

terminusdb.github.io/terminusdb/#

Developer

Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulff

Mobiland AG

Softmotions

DataChemist Ltd.

Initial release

2014

2018

2012

2014

2018

Current release

1.1.263, October 2022

11.0.0, January 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

MIT-License

commercial

Open Source

GPLv2

Open Source

GPL V3

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Prolog, Rust

Server operating systems

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Windows

server-less

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Linux

Data scheme

schema-free

Classes, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

string, integer, double, bool, date, object_id

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

SQL

Support of SQL

Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.

SQL-like query language (WOQL)

APIs and other access methods

JavaScript API

.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client

in-process shared library

JavaScript API

OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net

Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby

JavaScript

JavaScript
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

View functions in JavaScript

yes

Triggers

yes

no, except callback-events from server when changes happened

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Proprietary Sharding system

none

Graph Partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Journaling Streams

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency

none

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

typically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possible

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

yes

only for local storage and DOM-storage

ACID

atomic operations within a single collection possible

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Read/Write Locking

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

by using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorage

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

yes

in-memory journaling

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Windows-Profile

Role-based access control

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