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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Ehcache vs. IRONdb vs. LokiJS vs. Raima Database Manager

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparison
IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicityIn-memory JavaScript DBMSRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.ehcache.orgwww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSraima.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-startedtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.raima.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCirconus LLC.Raima Inc.
Initial release20142009201720141984
Current release3.10.0, March 2022V0.10.20, January 201815, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC and C++JavaScriptC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infotext, numeric, histogramsnoyes
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.nonononono infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possible
Secondary indexesnononoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)noyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJCacheHTTP APIJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes, in LuaView functions in JavaScriptyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specification
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerAutomatic, metric affinity per nodenonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta Serverconfigurable replication factor, datacenter awarenoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodesnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
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 possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
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.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonononono
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLEhcacheIRONdbLokiJSRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista
Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsOver 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsJust as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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