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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenEdge vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenEdge vs. SQL.JS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileApplication development environment with integrated database management systemPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSobjectbox.iowww.progress.com/­openedgesql.js.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.objectbox.iodocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffObjectBox LimitedProgress Software CorporationAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release20142014201719842012
Current releaseOpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC and C++JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript APIProprietary native APIJDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptnoyesno
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneonline/offline synchronization between client and serverSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes
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 datayesyes
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.yesyesno 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.yesyesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyesUsers and groupsno
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