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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. HarperDB vs. jBASE vs. Oracle Coherence vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. HarperDB vs. jBASE vs. Oracle Coherence vs. SwayDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  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.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareOracles in-memory data grid solutionAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeMultivalue DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.harperdb.iowww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.oracle.com/­java/­coherenceswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHarperDBRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)OracleSimer Plaha
Initial release20142017199120072018
Current release3.1, August 20215.714.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptNode.jsJavaScala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
AIX
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoJSON data typesoptionalyesno
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 indexesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like data manipulation statementsEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JCache
JPA
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
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C++
Java
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yesnono
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoLive Eventsno
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 definedyesyes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDconfigurableAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes, using LMDByesyes infooptionallyyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationno

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