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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. HyperSQL vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Rdb vs. OrigoDB

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Name

Description

JavaScript DBMS library

Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java

also known as HSQLDB

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

A fully ACID in-memory object graph database

Primary database model

Document store
Relational DBMS

Relational DBMS

Document store

Relational DBMS

Document store
Object oriented DBMS

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Trend Chart

Score	0.41
Rank	#260	Overall
	#40	Document stores
	#121	Relational DBMS

Score	3.08
Rank	#86	Overall
	#46	Relational DBMS

Score	0.38
Rank	#268	Overall
	#43	Document stores

Score	1.02
Rank	#180	Overall
	#82	Relational DBMS

Score	0.00
Rank	#386	Overall
	#54	Document stores
	#20	Object oriented DBMS

Website

alasql.org

hsqldb.org

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/rdb.html

origodb.com

Technical documentation

github.com/AlaSQL/alasql

hsqldb.org/web/hsqlDocsFrame.html

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/rdb-doc.html

origodb.com/docs

Developer

Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulff

Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)

Robert Friberg et al

Initial release

2014

2001

2014

1984

2009

under the name LiveDB

Current release

2.7.2, June 2023

7.4.1.1, 2021

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

MIT-License

Open Source

based on BSD license

Open Source

commercial

Open Source

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Java

JavaScript

Server operating systems

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

All OS with a Java VM

Embedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modes

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

HP Open VMS

Linux
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free

Flexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

User defined using .NET types and collections

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.

can be achieved using .NET

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

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

yes

APIs and other access methods

JavaScript API

HTTP API

JDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC

JavaScript API

.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java

JavaScript

.Net

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Java, SQL

View functions in JavaScript

yes

Triggers

yes

Domain Events

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

horizontal partitioning

client side managed; servers are not synchronized

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency

none

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

depending on model

Transaction concepts

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

yes

only for local storage and DOM-storage

ACID

atomic operations within a single collection possible

yes, on a single node

ACID

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

Write ahead log

In-memory capabilities

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

yes

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

Role based authorization

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