DBMS > jBASE vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. Sadas Engine vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison jBASE vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. Sadas Engine vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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Name

SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.

Description

A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

Globally distributed, horizontally scalable, multi-model database service

SADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments

Low-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures

Primary database model

Multivalue DBMS

Document store

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Spatial DBMS

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Trend Chart

Score	1.36
Rank	#157	Overall
	#3	Multivalue DBMS

Score	0.44
Rank	#256	Overall
	#40	Document stores

Score	24.97
Rank	#27	Overall
	#4	Document stores
	#2	Graph DBMS
	#3	Key-value stores
	#3	Wide column stores

Score	0.00
Rank	#385	Overall
	#159	Relational DBMS

Website

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-jbase

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

azure.microsoft.com/services/cosmos-db

www.sadasengine.com

www.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html

Technical documentation

docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db

www.sadasengine.com/en/sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/#documentation

Developer

Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)

Microsoft

SADAS s.r.l.

Sybase, SAP

Initial release

1991

2014

2006

1993

Current release

5.7

8.0

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

commercial

free trial version available

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

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Implementation language

JavaScript

C++

Server operating systems

AIX
Linux
Windows

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

hosted

AIX
Linux
Windows

Linux
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

optional

yes

JSON types

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

yes

All properties auto-indexed by default

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC

SQL-like query language

yes

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

JavaScript API

DocumentDB API
Graph API (Gremlin)
MongoDB API
RESTful HTTP API
Table API

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol

.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB

Supported programming languages

.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java

JavaScript

.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
MongoDB client drivers written for various programming languages
Python

.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python

Delphi
Perl
PHP

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

View functions in JavaScript

JavaScript

yes

Triggers

yes

JavaScript

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

none

Sharding

Implicit feature of the cloud service

horizontal partitioning

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

none

yes

Implicit feature of the cloud service

none

Multi-source replication

CONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

with Hadoop integration

Integration with Hadoop/HDInsight on Azure*

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Bounded Staleness
Consistent Prefix
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

Consistency level configurable on request level
Session Consistency

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

atomic operations within a single collection possible

Multi-item ACID transactions with snapshot isolation within a partition

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

managed by 'Learn by Usage'

caching of (temporary) tables can be configured

User concepts

Access control

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

Access rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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