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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. SQL.JS vs. SWC-DB vs. Vitess

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. SQL.JS vs. SWC-DB vs. Vitess

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryPort of SQLite to JavaScriptA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSScalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.88
Rank#203  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgsql.js.orggithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
vitess.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlvitess.io/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersAlex KashirinThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release2014201220202013
Current release0.5, April 202115.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC++Go
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxDocker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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 indexesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedSQL-like query languageyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJavaScript APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptC++Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles

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