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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Dgraph vs. LokiJS vs. NuoDB vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Dgraph vs. LokiJS vs. NuoDB vs. Yaacomo

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgdgraph.iogithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseyaacomo.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdgraph.io/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDgraph Labs, Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Q2WEB GmbH
Initial release20122016201420132009
Current release1.20.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoView functions in JavaScriptJava, SQL
Triggersnonoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftnoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceno infoPlanned for future releasesnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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