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

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

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  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 durabilityJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.58
Rank#242  Overall
#111  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.datomic.comjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.risingwave.com/­database
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.datomic.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­intro
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCognitectKonrad von BackstromRisingWave Labs
Initial release20142012201820142022
Current release1.0.6735, June 20230.8, December 20181.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureJavaScriptRust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnonoStandard SQL-types and JSON
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 indexesnoyesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIJavaScript APIJDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptClojure
Java
JavaScriptJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsfunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptUDFs in Python or Java
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
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 datayes
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)yes infousing RocksDByes 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.yesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoUsers and Roles

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