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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. mSQL

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. mSQL

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilitymSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.datomic.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.datomic.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCognitectHughes Technologies
Initial release201420121994
Current release1.0.6735, June 20234.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercial infofree licenses can be provided
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptClojure
Java
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsno
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesno
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
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 developmentno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonono

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