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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. atoti vs. Ehcache vs. GeoSpock vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. atoti vs. Ehcache vs. GeoSpock vs. LokiJS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonatoti  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 libraryAn in-memory DBMS combining transactional and analytical processing to handle the aggregation of ever-changing data.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
Object oriented DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.61
Rank#243  Overall
#11  Object oriented DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgatoti.iowww.ehcache.orggeospock.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.atoti.iowww.ehcache.org/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffActiveViamTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGeoSpock
Initial release201420092014
Current release3.10.0, March 20222.0, September 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree versions availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaJava, JavascriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesno
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 indexesnonotemporal, categoricalyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.Multidimensional Expressions (MDX)noANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJCacheJDBCJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonnonoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding, horizontal partitioningSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta Servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyes 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 FileStorageyes 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.yesyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights for users can be defined per tableno

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