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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Apache Phoenix vs. ArangoDB vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Coherence

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.A scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.In-memory JavaScript DBMSOracles in-memory data grid solution
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Document storeKey-value store
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Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.97
Rank#129  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbphoenix.apache.orgarangodb.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherence
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewphoenix.apache.orgdocs.arangodb.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperAlibabaApache Software FoundationArangoDB Inc.Oracle
Initial release2014201220142007
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20193.11.5, November 202314.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaScriptJava
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashnoyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBCAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
JavaScript APIJCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
JavaScript.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsJavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesnonoyesyes infoLive Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingSharding infosince version 2.0noneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication with configurable replication factornoneyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
noneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infooptionally
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyyesnoauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication
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Alibaba Cloud PolarDBApache PhoenixArangoDBLokiJSOracle Coherence
Specific characteristicsPolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
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Graph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesWebinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed. White...
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Consolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosCreating a Robust Cloud-Based Database for Fintech, E-Commerce and Gaming. Learn...
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Native multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSpecification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
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Very permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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