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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. OpenEdge vs. SwayDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMSApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.progress.com/­openedgeswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffProgress Software CorporationSimer Plaha
Initial release2014201419842018
Current releaseOpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptScala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesno
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 indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infoclose to SQL 92no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptProgress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate 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 possibleACIDAtomic execution of operations
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.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoUsers and groupsno

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