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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. ITTIA vs. Kdb vs. LokiJS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonITTIA  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryEdge Time Series DBMS with Real-Time Stream ProcessingHigh performance Time Series DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#267  Overall
#23  Time Series DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.ittia.comkx.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcode.kx.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffITTIA L.L.C.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release201420072000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032014
Current release8.73.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++qJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeFixed schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoFloat/Blob/Integer/String/Unicode/Date/Time/Timestamp/Intervalyesno
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 infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyes infowith viewsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDatabase file passwordsrights management via user accountsno
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AlaSQLITTIAKdbLokiJS
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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