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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. LMDB vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. LMDB vs. LokiJS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLMDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA high performant, light-weight, embedded key-value database libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Key-value storeDocument store
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score1.99
Rank#125  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.geomesa.orgjsqldb.org (offline)www.symas.com/­symas-embedded-database-lmdbgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.lmdb.tech/­doctechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCCRi and othersKonrad von BackstromSymas
Initial release20142014201820112014
Current release4.0.5, February 20240.8, December 20180.9.32, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptScalaCJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnono
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
Secondary indexesnoyesnonoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nononono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Nim
Objective C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Swift
Tcl
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonofunctions in JavaScriptnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layernonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layernonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on storage layerImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDno 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 infousing RocksDByesyes 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.yesdepending on storage layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenono

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