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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Hive vs. LokiJS vs. Sadas Engine

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Name

Description

JavaScript DBMS library

data warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on Hadoop

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

SADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments

Primary database model

Document store
Relational DBMS

Relational DBMS

Document store

Relational DBMS

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Score	0.49
Rank	#259	Overall
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Score	62.59
Rank	#18	Overall
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Score	0.48
Rank	#262	Overall
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Score	0.03
Rank	#379	Overall
	#156	Relational DBMS

Website

alasql.org

hive.apache.org

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

www.sadasengine.com

Technical documentation

github.com/AlaSQL/alasql

cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Home

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

www.sadasengine.com/en/sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/#documentation

Developer

Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulff

Apache Software Foundation

initially developed by Facebook

SADAS s.r.l.

Initial release

2014

2012

2014

2006

Current release

3.1.3, April 2022

8.0

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

MIT-License

Open Source

Apache Version 2

Open Source

commercial

free trial version available

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Java

JavaScript

C++

Server operating systems

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

All OS with a Java VM

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

AIX
Linux
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.

SQL-like DML and DDL statements

yes

APIs and other access methods

JavaScript API

JDBC
ODBC
Thrift

JavaScript API

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

C++
Java
PHP
Python

JavaScript

.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

user defined functions and integration of map-reduce

View functions in JavaScript

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

none

horizontal partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

selectable replication factor

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

query execution via MapReduce

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Eventual Consistency

none

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

yes

only for local storage and DOM-storage

atomic operations within a single collection possible

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

by using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorage

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

managed by 'Learn by Usage'

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users, groups and roles

Access rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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