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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. RavenDB vs. SwayDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. RavenDB vs. SwayDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeKey-value storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#102  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#384  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#16  Vector DBMS
Websitealasql.orgravendb.netswaydb.simer.auwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlravendb.net/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHibernating RhinosSimer Plaha
Initial release2014201020182023
Current release5.4, July 20221.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#ScalaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenononoVector, Numeric and String
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query language (RQL)nono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript API.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Kotlin
Scala
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableAtomic execution of operationsno
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAuthorization levels configured per client per databasenoRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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