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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. chDB vs. Interbase vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. chDB vs. Interbase vs. LokiJS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonchDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn embedded SQL OLAP Engine powered by ClickHouseLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#376  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­chdb-io/­chdbwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldoc.chdb.iodocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasetechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffEmbarcadero
Initial release2014202319842014
Current releaseInterBase 2020, December 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-lessAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesno
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 infoexport as XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.Close to ANSI SQL (SQL/JSON + extensions)yesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptBun
C
C++
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languageView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneInterbase Change Viewsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMultiversion concurreny control
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes 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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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