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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. HyperSQL vs. LokiJS vs. TinkerGraph vs. Warp 10

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Name

Description

JavaScript DBMS library

Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java

also known as HSQLDB

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

A lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API

TimeSeries DBMS specialized on timestamped geo data based on LevelDB or HBase

Primary database model

Document store
Relational DBMS

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Score	0.42
Rank	#264	Overall
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	#122	Relational DBMS

Score	3.14
Rank	#85	Overall
	#46	Relational DBMS

Score	0.44
Rank	#256	Overall
	#40	Document stores

Score	0.08
Rank	#345	Overall
	#34	Graph DBMS

Score	0.06
Rank	#351	Overall
	#35	Time Series DBMS

Website

alasql.org

hsqldb.org

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

tinkerpop.apache.org/docs/current/reference/#tinkergraph-gremlin

www.warp10.io

Technical documentation

github.com/AlaSQL/alasql

hsqldb.org/web/hsqlDocsFrame.html

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

www.warp10.io/content/02_Getting_started

Developer

Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulff

SenX

Initial release

2014

2001

2014

2009

2015

Current release

2.7.2, June 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

MIT-License

Open Source

based on BSD license

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

Apache License 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Java

JavaScript

Java

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)

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free

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

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

TinkerPop 3

HTTP API
Jupyter
WebSocket

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java

JavaScript

Groovy
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Java, SQL

View functions in JavaScript

yes

WarpScript

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

based on HBase

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

selectable replication factor

based on HBase

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

based on HBase

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Relationships in graphs

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

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.

optional

yes

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

Mandatory use of cryptographic tokens, containing fine-grained authorizations

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