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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. LokiJS vs. mSQL vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. LokiJS vs. mSQL vs. SwayDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryEnterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.In-memory JavaScript DBMSmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial 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
Score0.31
Rank#285  Overall
#129  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.postgresql.fastware.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJShughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manualstechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffPostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software TechnologyHughes TechnologiesSimer Plaha
Initial release2014201419942018
Current releaseFujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 20224.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCJavaScriptCScala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesno
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 viewsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
JavaScriptC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptnono
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonepartitioning by range, list and by hashnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
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 possiblenoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)noyes
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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonono
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AlaSQLFujitsu Enterprise PostgresLokiJSmSQL infoMini SQLSwayDB
Specific characteristics100% compatible with community PostgreSQL
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Competitive advantagesBuilt-in TDE and Data Masking security. In-Memory Columnar Index, and a high speed...
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Typical application scenariosTransactional payments applications, reporting and mixed workloads.
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Market metricsOver 30 years experience in database technology. Over 20 years in Postgres development...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCore based licensing
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