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DBMS > Apache Phoenix vs. InfinityDB vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Coherence vs. YugabyteDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. InfinityDB vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Coherence vs. YugabyteDB

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceIn-memory JavaScript DBMSOracles in-memory data grid solutionHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgboilerbay.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencewww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencedocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperApache Software FoundationBoiler Bay Inc.OracleYugabyte Inc.
Initial release20142002201420072017
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20194.014.1, August 20232.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaScriptJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeschema-freedepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysnoyesyes
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 indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes infovia viewsnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononoyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsJDBCAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JavaScript APIJCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaJavaScript.Net
C++
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoView functions in JavaScriptnoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersnonoyesyes infoLive Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneShardingHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenoneyes, with selectable consistency levelBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleconfigurableDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infooptionallyyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancynonoauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationyes
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Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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