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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. PostGIS vs. Tkrzw

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. PostGIS vs. Tkrzw

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasepostgis.netdbmx.net/­tkrzw
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlpostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffMicrosoftMikio Hirabayashi
Initial release2014201020052020
Current releaseV123.4.2, February 20240.9.3, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++CC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesno
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoTransact SQLuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with always 3 replicas availableyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infousing specific database classes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on PostgreSQLno

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