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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Databricks vs. LokiJS vs. Prometheus

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Databricks vs. LokiJS vs. Prometheus

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.In-memory JavaScript DBMSOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMS
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Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score84.24
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Document stores
#9  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score7.56
Rank#49  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.databricks.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSprometheus.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.databricks.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDatabricks
Initial release2014201320142015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoNumeric data only
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.noyesnono infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.with Databricks SQLnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPython
R
Scala
JavaScript.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions and aggregatesView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesnoneyes infoby Federation
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
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 possibleno
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.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonono
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