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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. DataFS vs. jBASE vs. MarkLogic vs. SQL.JS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonMarkLogic  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAll 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.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareOperational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL databasePort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Native XML DBMS
RDF store infoas of version 7
Search engine
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score5.92
Rank#58  Overall
#10  Document stores
#1  Native XML DBMS
#1  RDF stores
#6  Search engines
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgnewdatabase.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.marklogic.comsql.js.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.marklogic.comsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMobiland AGRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)MarkLogic Corp.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release20142018199120012012
Current release1.1.263, October 20225.711.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercialcommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)schema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforcedyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptionalyesyes
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.nonoyesyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyes infoSQL92yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Java API
Node.js Client API
ODBC
proprietary Optic API infoProprietary Query API, introduced with version 9
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
WebDAV
XDBC
XQuery
XSLT
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes infovia XQuery or JavaScriptno
Triggersyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneProprietary Sharding systemShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infovia Hadoop Connector, HDFS Direct Access and in-database MapReduce jobsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID infocan act as a resource manager in an XA/JTA transactionACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes, with Range Indexesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoWindows-ProfileAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelRole-based access control at the document and subdocument levelsno

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