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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. searchxml vs. STSdb

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMSDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Key-value store
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productsgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. Wulffinformationpartners gmbhSTS Soft SC
Initial release2014201420152011
Current release1.04.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC++C#
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsWindows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptC++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsC#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptyes infoon the application serverno
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate 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 possiblemultiple readers, single writerno
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesno

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