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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. Databend vs. Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Databend vs. Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. LokiJS

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatabend  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkAn open-source, elastic, and workload-aware cloud data warehouse designed to meet businesses' massive-scale analytics needs at low cost and with low complexityFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
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Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.30
Rank#287  Overall
#130  Relational DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websiteiotdb.apache.orggithub.com/­datafuselabs/­databend
www.databend.com
db.apache.org/­derbywww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.databend.comdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDatabend LabsApache Software FoundationCCRi and others
Initial release20182021199720142014
Current release1.1.0, April 20231.0.59, April 202310.17.1.0, November 20235.0.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaRustJavaScalaJavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)hosted
Linux
macOS
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
CLI Client
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
JavaJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoJava Stored ProceduresnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)nonenonedepending on storage layernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasnoneSource-replica replicationdepending on storage layernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layernone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes 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.yesyesdepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageno

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