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DBMS > Apache Derby vs. BoltDB vs. PieCloudDB vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Derby vs. BoltDB vs. PieCloudDB vs. SurrealDB

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NameApache Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.An embedded key-value store for Go.A cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
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Score3.04
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.61
Rank#230  Overall
#33  Key-value stores
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#176  Overall
#30  Document stores
#16  Graph DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbygithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.openpie.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationOpenPieSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release199720132022
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20232.1, January 2023v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaGoRust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCCLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaGoJava
PL/SQL
Python
R
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnouser defined functions
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standardyes, based on authentication and database rules

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