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DBMS > Altibase vs. Amazon SimpleDB vs. Datomic vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Amazon SimpleDB vs. Datomic vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. LokiJS

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitealtibase.comaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.datomic.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.datomic.comdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clstechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAltibaseAmazonCognitectInterSystems
Initial release19992007201220182014
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20231.0.7075, December 20232023.3, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++Java, ClojureJavaScript
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
hostedAll OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesno
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92nonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Clojure
Java
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsnoyes infoTransaction FunctionsyesView functions in JavaScript
TriggersyesnoBy using transaction functionsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes 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.yesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)noyesno
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