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DBMS > Apache Pinot vs. EJDB vs. LokiJS vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison Apache Pinot vs. EJDB vs. LokiJS vs. Realm

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NameApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)In-memory JavaScript DBMSA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeDocument store
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Score0.40
Rank#270  Overall
#125  Relational DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitepinot.apache.orggithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSrealm.io
Technical documentationdocs.pinot.apache.orggithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsSoftmotionsRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release2015201220142014
Current release1.0.0, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2Open SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaCJavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherserver-lessserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idnoyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCin-process shared libraryJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnoyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Locking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes

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