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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. GridDB vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. GridDB vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.datomic.comgriddb.netjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.datomic.comdocs.griddb.nettechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCognitectToshiba CorporationKonrad von Backstrom
Initial release20142012201320182014
Current release1.0.6735, June 20235.1, August 20220.8, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampnono
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 indexesnoyesyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)nono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptClojure
Java
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsnofunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID at container levelno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes infousing RocksDByes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseno
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLDatomicGridDBJSqlDbLokiJS
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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