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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. LokiJS vs. MonetDB vs. Transbase vs. UniData,UniVerse

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.In-memory JavaScript DBMSA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMSMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.66
Rank#235  Overall
#108  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#98  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.monetdb.orgwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.htmlwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidata
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata
DeveloperAlibabaMonetDB BVTransaction Software GmbHRocket Software
Initial release2014200419871985
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 2023Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial infofree development licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC and C++C
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesoptional
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
JavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Ryesyes
Triggersyesyesyesyesyes infoU2 Basic
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneSharding via remote tablesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDyesACID infoconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based
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