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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. EJDB vs. LokiJS vs. TiDB vs. Yanza

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)In-memory JavaScript DBMSTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.Time Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.30
Rank#294  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score4.94
Rank#72  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpingcap.comyanza.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffSoftmotionsPingCAP, Inc.Yanza
Initial release20142012201420162015
Current release8.0.0, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoGPLv2Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCJavaScriptGo, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-lessserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxWindows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idnoyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyes infovia viewsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIin-process shared libraryJavaScript APIGORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptnono
Triggersyesnoyesnoyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonehorizontal partitioning (by key range)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes infowith TiSpark Connectorno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenoyes infofull support since version 6.6no
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLEJDBLokiJSTiDBYanza
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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