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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. HarperDB vs. JSqlDb vs. Manticore Search

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. H2 vs. HarperDB vs. JSqlDb vs. Manticore Search

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Websitealasql.orgwww.h2database.comwww.harperdb.iojsqldb.org (offline)manticoresearch.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsmanual.manticoresearch.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffThomas MuellerHarperDBKonrad von BackstromManticore Software
Initial release20142005201720182017
Current release2.2.220, July 20233.1, August 20210.8, December 20186.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial infofree community edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaNode.jsC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesdynamic schemaschema-freeFixed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoJSON data typesnoInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Boolean
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.nonononoCan index from XML
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
JavaScriptElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1functions in JavaScriptuser defined functions
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednoneSynchronous replication based on Galera library
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes, using LMDByes infousing RocksDByes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesno

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