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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. LokiJS vs. mSQL vs. TiDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryIn-memory JavaScript DBMSmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.67
Rank#151  Overall
#70  Relational DBMS
Score4.94
Rank#72  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJShughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlpingcap.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHughes TechnologiesPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release2014201419942016
Current release4.4, October 20217.6.0, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptCGo, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyes
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 viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonehorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infofull support since version 6.6
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 datanoyes
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.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AlaSQLLokiJSmSQL infoMini SQLTiDB
Specific characteristicsTiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantages- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosTiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBlock, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metrics34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsTiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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