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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. EDB Postgres vs. Ehcache vs. GeoSpock vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. EDB Postgres vs. Ehcache vs. GeoSpock vs. LokiJS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryThe EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.91
Rank#130  Overall
#60  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.enterprisedb.comwww.ehcache.orggeospock.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.enterprisedb.com/­docswww.ehcache.org/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffEnterpriseDBTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGeoSpock
Initial release2014200520092014
Current release14, December 20213.10.0, March 20222.0, September 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentsOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCJavaJava, JavascriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesno
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.noyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesnotemporal, categoricalyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infostandard with numerous extensionsnoANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JCacheJDBCJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
JavaJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.nonoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyesyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationyes infoby using Terracotta Servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes 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.yesnoyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per tableno

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