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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. jBASE vs. OpenQM vs. Rockset vs. SQL.JS

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. jBASE vs. OpenQM vs. Rockset vs. SQL.JS

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBPort of SQLite to JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSMultivalue DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmrockset.comsql.js.org
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.rockset.comsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Rocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsRocksetAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by others
Initial release20141991199320192012
Current release5.73.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenooptionaldynamic typingyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supported
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP RESTJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesnono
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyesyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a file
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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