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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox vs. OushuDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox vs. OushuDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  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.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsA data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learning
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#355  Overall
#154  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDB
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.objectbox.iowww.oushu.com/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHarperDBObjectBox LimitedOushu
Initial release201420172017
Current release3.1, August 20214.0 (May 2024)4.0.1, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree community edition availableBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptNode.jsC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoJSON data typesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like data manipulation statementsnoFull-featured ANSI SQL support
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary native APIJDBC
ODBC
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++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1noyes
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offline
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesyesKerberos, SSL and role based access
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