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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. GreptimeDB vs. HyperSQL vs. LokiJS

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Name

Description

JavaScript DBMS library

An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiency

Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java

also known as HSQLDB

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

Primary database model

Document store
Relational DBMS

Time Series DBMS

Relational DBMS

Document store

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Score	0.51
Rank	#256	Overall
	#40	Document stores
	#118	Relational DBMS

Score	0.12
Rank	#351	Overall
	#34	Time Series DBMS

Score	3.23
Rank	#93	Overall
	#48	Relational DBMS

Score	0.49
Rank	#260	Overall
	#42	Document stores

Website

alasql.org

greptime.com

hsqldb.org

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

Technical documentation

github.com/AlaSQL/alasql

docs.greptime.com

hsqldb.org/web/hsqlDocsFrame.html

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

Developer

Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulff

Greptime Inc.

Initial release

2014

2022

2001

2014

Current release

2.7.2, June 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

MIT-License

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

based on BSD license

Open Source

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Rust

Java

JavaScript

Server operating systems

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows

All OS with a Java VM

Embedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modes

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Data scheme

schema-free

schema-free, schema definition possible

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

SQL

Support of SQL

Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.

yes

APIs and other access methods

JavaScript API

gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC

HTTP API

JDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC

JavaScript API

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript

All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java

JavaScript

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Python

Java, SQL

View functions in JavaScript

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency

none

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

yes

only for local storage and DOM-storage

ACID

atomic operations within a single collection possible

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

by using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorage

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Simple rights management via user accounts

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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Specific characteristics

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

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