DB-EnginesExtremeDB for everyone with an RTOSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > AllegroGraph vs. Apache Drill vs. BoltDB vs. LokiJS vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison AllegroGraph vs. Apache Drill vs. BoltDB vs. LokiJS vs. Realm

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAn embedded key-value store for Go.In-memory JavaScript DBMSA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelDocument store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeDocument storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.06
Rank#187  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#7  Vector DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websiteallegrograph.comdrill.apache.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSrealm.io
Technical documentationfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmldrill.apache.org/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperFranz Inc.Apache Software FoundationRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20042012201320142014
Current release8.0, December 20231.20.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageGoJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF schemasschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoyes
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.no infobulk load of XML files possiblenononono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL is used as query languageSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnonono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++GoJavaScript.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoJavaScript or Common Lispuser defined functionsnoView functions in JavaScriptno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyesnonoyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeswith FederationShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnonenonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noDepending on the underlying data sourcenoyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationDepending on the underlying data sourcenonoyes
More information provided by the system vendor
AllegroGraphApache DrillBoltDBLokiJSRealm
Specific characteristicsKnowledge Graph Platform Leader FedShard - Designed for Entity-Event Knowledge Graph...
» more
Competitive advantagesAllegroGraph is uniquely suited to support adhoc queries through SPARQL, Prolog and...
» more
News

Can Neuro-Symbolic AI Solve AI’s Weaknesses?
17 April 2024

100 Companies That Matter in KM – Franz Inc.
3 April 2024

Exploring AllegroGraph v8 – Unleashing the Power of Neuro-Symbolic AI (Recorded Webinar)
9 February 2024

What is Neuro-Symbolic AI?
23 January 2024

Allegro CL v11 – Now Available! – The Neuro-Symbolic AI Programming Platform
8 January 2024

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
AllegroGraphApache DrillBoltDBLokiJSRealm
DB-Engines blog posts

New kids on the block: database management systems implemented in JavaScript
1 December 2014, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

MySQL, PostgreSQL and Redis are the winners of the March ranking
2 March 2016, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

Q&A: Can Neuro-Symbolic AI Solve AI’s Weaknesses?
8 April 2024, TDWI

AI predictions for 2024 unveil exciting technological horizons
21 November 2023, Wire19

Neuro-Symbolic AI: The Peak of Artificial Intelligence
16 November 2021, AiThority

The Foundation of Data Fabrics and AI: Semantic Knowledge Graphs - DataScienceCentral.com
19 May 2022, Data Science Central

Franz Releases the First Neuro-Symbolic AI Platform Merging Knowledge Graphs, Generative AI, and Vector Storage
11 December 2023, Datanami

provided by Google News

Apache Drill case study: A tutorial on processing CSV files
9 June 2016, TheServerSide.com

Analyse Kafka messages with SQL queries using Apache Drill
23 September 2019, Towards Data Science

Apache Drill improves big data SQL query engine
31 August 2021, TechTarget

Apache Drill Eliminates ETL, Data Transformation for MapR Database
11 April 2016, The New Stack

Apache Drill Poised to Crack Tough Data Challenges
19 May 2015, Datanami

provided by Google News

What I learnt from building 3 high traffic web applications on an embedded key value store.
21 February 2018, hackernoon.com

4 Instructive Postmortems on Data Downtime and Loss
1 March 2024, The Hacker News

Roblox’s cloud-native catastrophe: A post mortem
31 January 2022, InfoWorld

How to Put a GUI on Ansible, Using Semaphore
22 April 2023, The New Stack

Grafana Loki: Architecture Summary and Running in Kubernetes
14 March 2023, hackernoon.com

provided by Google News

LokiJS - A JavaScript Database
18 November 2014, iProgrammer

provided by Google News

GDG North Jersey's February Meeting Covers Realm, A New Mobile Database
6 March 2016, njtechweekly.com

MongoDB aims to unify developer experience with launch of MongoDB Cloud
9 June 2020, diginomica

Danish CEO explains Silicon Valley learning curve for European entrepreneurs - San Francisco Business Times
6 October 2016, The Business Journals

Here are the winners of Nordic Startup Awards
31 May 2016, EU-Startups

Is Swift the Future of Server-side Development?
12 September 2017, Solutions Review

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

SingleStore logo

The database to transact, analyze and contextualize your data in real time.
Try it today.

Present your product here