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DBMS > Amazon CloudSearch vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. WakandaDB

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudIn-memory JavaScript DBMSSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelSearch engineDocument storeSearch engineObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.81
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAmazonMicrosoftWakanda SAS
Initial release2012201420152012
Current releaseV12.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptnoyes
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requirednoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesnoyes infousing Azure authenticationyes

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