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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Graph Engine vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Lovefield vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Graph Engine vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Lovefield vs. SQL.JS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGraph Engine infoformer name: Trinity  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA distributed in-memory data processing engine, underpinned by a strongly-typed RAM store and a general distributed computation engineA multi-model DBMS and application serverEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.61
Rank#240  Overall
#21  Graph DBMS
#35  Key-value stores
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.graphengine.iowww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldsql.js.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.graphengine.io/­docs/­manualdocs.intersystems.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMicrosoftInterSystemsGoogleAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release20142010199720142012
Current release2018.1.4, May 20202.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScript.NET and CJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js).NETAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safariserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
F#
Visual Basic
C#
C++
Java
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesnono
TriggersyesnoyesUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageoptional: either by committing a write-ahead log (WAL) to the local persistent storage or by dumping the memory to a persistent storageyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and rolesnono

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