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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. EsgynDB vs. LokiJS vs. Pinecone

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. EsgynDB vs. LokiJS vs. Pinecone

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeVector DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffEsgynPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release2014201520142019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++, JavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoString, Number, Boolean
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 indexesnoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJavaScriptPython
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored ProceduresView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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