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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. BoltDB vs. Datomic vs. GreptimeDB vs. LokiJS

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreAn embedded key-value store for Go.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbgithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.datomic.comgreptime.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.datomic.comdocs.greptime.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAmazonCognitectGreptime Inc.
Initial release20072013201220222014
Current release1.0.6735, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageGoJava, ClojureRustJavaScript
Server operating systemshostedBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallynoyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyesno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP APIgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
GoClojure
Java
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoTransaction FunctionsPythonView functions in JavaScript
TriggersnonoBy using transaction functionsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
noneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationyesACIDno 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.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)nonoSimple rights management via user accountsno
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Amazon SimpleDBBoltDBDatomicGreptimeDBLokiJS
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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