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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Oracle Rdb vs. SQL.JS vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Oracle Rdb vs. SQL.JS vs. SwayDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryPort of SQLite to JavaScriptAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlsql.js.orgswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersSimer Plaha
Initial release2014198420122018
Current release7.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptScala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)HP Open VMSserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyes, on a single nodeACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonono

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