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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. RavenDB vs. Rockset vs. SQLite

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSQLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMSOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBWidely used embeddable, in-process RDBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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
Score2.92
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score114.32
Rank#10  Overall
#7  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSravendb.netrockset.comwww.sqlite.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSravendb.net/­docsdocs.rockset.comwww.sqlite.org/­docs.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHibernating RhinosRocksetDwayne Richard Hipp
Initial release20142014201020192000
Current release5.4, July 20223.45.3  (15 April 2024), April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoPublic Domain
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC#C++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
hostedserver-less
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes infodynamic column types
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenononodynamic typingyes infonot rigid because of 'dynamic typing' concept.
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language (RQL)Read-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript API.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTADO.NET infoinofficial driver
JDBC infoinofficial driver
ODBC infoinofficial driver
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScript.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Actionscript
Ada
Basic
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Forth
Fortran
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptyesnono
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
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 possibleACID, Cluster-wide transaction availablenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infovia file-system locks
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
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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