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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Google BigQuery vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Google BigQuery vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle BigQuery  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryLarge scale data warehouse service with append-only tablesIn-memory JavaScript DBMSElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL Server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score61.90
Rank#19  Overall
#13  Relational DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score22.71
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgcloud.google.com/­bigquerygithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analytics
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcloud.google.com/­bigquery/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analytics
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogleMicrosoft
Initial release2014201020142016
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes
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 indexesnonoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP/JSON APIJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC#
Java
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions infoin JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptTransact SQL
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneSharding, horizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraints
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno infoSince BigQuery is designed for querying datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess privileges (owner, writer, reader) on dataset, table or view level infoGoogle Cloud Identity & Access Management (IAM)noyes

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