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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. Splunk vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. Splunk vs. YottaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMSAnalytics Platform for Big DataA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeSearch engineKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.splunk.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunkyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffSplunk Inc.YottaDB, LLC
Initial release2014201420032001
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availableOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
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.nono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript APIHTTP RESTPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
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 possibleno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
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 controlnonoAccess rights for users and rolesUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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