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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. EJDB vs. HyperSQL vs. LokiJS vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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Name

Description

JavaScript DBMS library

Embeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)

Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java

also known as HSQLDB

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

RDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments

Primary database model

Document store
Relational DBMS

DB-Engines Ranking measures the popularity of database management systems
Trend Chart

Score	0.46
Rank	#260	Overall
	#40	Document stores
	#121	Relational DBMS

Score	0.27
Rank	#297	Overall
	#44	Document stores

Score	3.49
Rank	#87	Overall
	#47	Relational DBMS

Score	0.43
Rank	#264	Overall
	#42	Document stores

Score	4.25
Rank	#79	Overall
	#43	Relational DBMS

Website

alasql.org

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb

hsqldb.org

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/sql-anywhere.html

Technical documentation

github.com/AlaSQL/alasql

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb/blob/master/README.md

hsqldb.org/web/hsqlDocsFrame.html

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

help.sap.com/docs/SAP_SQL_Anywhere

Developer

Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulff

Softmotions

SAP

formerly Sybase

Initial release

2014

2012

2001

2014

1992

Current release

2.7.2, June 2023

17, July 2015

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

MIT-License

Open Source

GPLv2

Open Source

based on BSD license

Open Source

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Java

JavaScript

Server operating systems

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

server-less

All OS with a Java VM

Embedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modes

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

string, integer, double, bool, date, object_id

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.

yes

APIs and other access methods

JavaScript API

in-process shared library

HTTP API

JDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC

JavaScript API

ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby

All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java

JavaScript

C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Java, SQL

View functions in JavaScript

yes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Source-replica replication

Database mirroring

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency

none

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

typically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possible

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

yes

only for local storage and DOM-storage

ACID

atomic operations within a single collection possible

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Read/Write Locking

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

by using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorage

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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