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System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. eXtremeDB vs. InfinityDB vs. LokiJS

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeDocument store
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Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitealtibase.comwww.mcobject.comboilerbay.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAltibaseMcObjectBoiler Bay Inc.
Initial release1999200120022014
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20238.2, 20214.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C and C++JavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysno
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.nono infosupport of XML interfaces availablenono
Secondary indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
JavaJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsyesnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyes infoby defining eventsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes
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.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono
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AltibaseeXtremeDBInfinityDBLokiJS
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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