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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. HarperDB vs. jBASE vs. SQL.JS vs. UniData,UniVerse

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. HarperDB vs. jBASE vs. SQL.JS vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  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 middlewarePort of SQLite to JavaScriptMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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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
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score3.16
Rank#97  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.harperdb.iowww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasesql.js.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9sql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHarperDBRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersRocket Software
Initial release20142017199120121985
Current release3.1, August 20215.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptNode.jsJavaScriptC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
AIX
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoJSON data typesoptionalyesoptional
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
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 BASICyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JavaScript APIJava API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based 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
JavaScript.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yesnoyes
Triggersyesnoyesnoyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyesnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACIDACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes, using LMDByesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnoAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

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