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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. OrientDB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. OrientDB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Valentina Server

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMSMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)A drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.Object-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Document storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.60
Rank#246  Overall
#39  Document stores
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSorientdb.orgwww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodbwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodbvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPPerconaParadigma Software
Initial release20142014201020151999
Current release3.2.29, March 20243.4.10-2.10, November 20175.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL Version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-freeyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language, no joinsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript APITinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
proprietary protocol using JSONODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptJava, JavascriptJavaScriptyes
TriggersyesyesHooksnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationship in graphsnoyes
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 possibleACIDno
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.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infovia In-Memory Engineyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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