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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. Quasardb vs. WakandaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBDistributed, 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 storeDocument storeTime Series DBMSObject oriented 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
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpouchdb.comquasar.aiwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSpouchdb.com/­guidesdoc.quasar.ai/­masterwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationquasardbWakanda SAS
Initial release20142014201220092012
Current release7.1.1, June 20193.14.1, January 20242.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourceOpen Sourcecommercial 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 servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScriptC++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenononoyes 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 viewsyes infovia viewsyes 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 APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptnoyes
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding infoconsistent hashingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication with selectable replication factornone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyeswith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneEventual 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 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.yes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes infoTransient modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailyes

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