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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. ArangoDB vs. Faircom DB vs. GridDB vs. LokiJS

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACE  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Native multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Native high-speed multi-model DBMS for relational and key-value store data simultaneously accessible through SQL and NoSQL APIs.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.29
Rank#304  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
#136  Relational DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbarangodb.comwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-dbgriddb.netgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewdocs.arangodb.comdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-7446ae34-a1a7-c843-c894-d5322e395184.htmldocs.griddb.nettechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperAlibabaArangoDB Inc.FairCom CorporationToshiba Corporation
Initial release2012197920132014
Current release3.11.5, November 2023V12, November 20205.1, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercial infoRestricted, free version availableOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++ANSI C, C++C++JavaScript
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
QNX
SCO
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows infoeasily portable to other OSs
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema free, schema optional, schema required, partial schema,yesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyes, ANSI SQL Types, JSON, typed binary structuresyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampno
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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes, ANSI SQL with proprietary extensionsSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
ADO.NET
Direct SQL
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful MQTT/JSON API
RPC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js and browser)
PHP
Python
Visual Basic
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJavaScriptyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++noView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infosince version 2.0File partitioning, horizontal partitioning, sharding infoCustomizable business rules for table partitioningShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication with configurable replication factoryes, configurable to be parallel or serial, synchronous or asynchronous, uni-directional or bi-directional, ACID-consistent or eventually consistent (with custom conflict resolution).Source-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Tunable consistency per server, database, table, and transaction
Immediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDtunable from ACID to Eventually ConsistentACID at container levelno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesYes, tunable from durable to delayed durability to in-memoryyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
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-standardyesFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard with additional protections for filesAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseno
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Alibaba Cloud PolarDBArangoDBFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACEGridDBLokiJS
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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GridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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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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1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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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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Factory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Denso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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GitHub trending repository
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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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Open Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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