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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Quasardb vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Quasardb vs. WakandaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeSearch engineTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchquasar.aiwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdoc.quasar.ai/­masterwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMicrosoftquasardbWakanda SAS
Initial release20142014201520092012
Current releaseV13.14.1, January 20242.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIHTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptnonoyes
Triggersyesyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication with selectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes infoTransient modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes infousing Azure authenticationCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailyes

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