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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Quasardb vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Quasardb vs. WakandaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMSDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerDistributed, 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 storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial 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
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
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/­products/­azure-sql/­databasequasar.aiwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldoc.quasar.ai/­masterwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMicrosoftquasardbWakanda SAS
Initial release20142014201020092012
Current releaseV123.14.1, January 20242.7.0 (AprilĀ 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
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC++C++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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScript.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptTransact SQLnoyes
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-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 integrityyesnoyesno
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 possibleACIDACIDACID
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.yesyesyes infoTransient modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailyes

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