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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score0.35
Rank#266  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score3.34
Rank#77  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release20142019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScript
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoString, Number, Boolean
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.nono
Secondary indexesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptPython
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storage
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlno

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