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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. TerarkDB vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. TerarkDB vs. WakandaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBWakandaDB 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 storeKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
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Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#377  Overall
#58  Key-value stores
Score0.09
Rank#352  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKcwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffByteDance, originally TerarkWakanda SAS
Initial release2014201420162012
Current release2.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Sourcecommercial inforestricted open source version availableOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenononoyes
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 viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript APIC++ API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptC++
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptnoyes
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate 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 possiblenoACID
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.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoyes

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