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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. OpenTenBase vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. OpenTenBase vs. SQL.JS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTenBase  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryCloud-based data warehousing serviceAn enterprise-level distributed HTAP open source database based on PostgreSQLPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#370  Overall
#156  Relational DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousegithub.com/­OpenTenBase/­OpenTenBase
www.opentenbase.org
sql.js.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.opentenbase.org
docs.opentenbase.org/­en
sql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffIBMOpenAtom Foundation, previously TencentAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release201420142012
Current release2.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoBSD-3Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.nono infoImport/export of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
Go
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPL/SQL, SQL PLno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardno

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