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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. HarperDB vs. JaguarDB vs. Kinetica vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. HarperDB vs. JaguarDB vs. Kinetica vs. Lovefield

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryUltra-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.Performant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.harperdb.iowww.jaguardb.comwww.kinetica.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.harperdb.io/­docswww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmldocs.kinetica.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHarperDBDataJaguar, Inc.KineticaGoogle
Initial release20142017201520122014
Current release3.1, August 20213.3 July 20237.1, August 20212.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptNode.jsC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesC, C++JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
LinuxLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoJSON data typesyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like data manipulation statementsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.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
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnonoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic execution of specific operationsnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes, using LMDByesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesrights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles on table levelno

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