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DBMS > ArangoDB vs. FeatureBase vs. GeoMesa vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. FeatureBase vs. GeoMesa vs. LokiJS

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Real-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
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Score3.30
Rank#82  Overall
#14  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#10  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.23
Rank#296  Overall
#134  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Websitearangodb.comwww.featurebase.comwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comdocs.featurebase.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.Molecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsCCRi and others
Initial release2012201720142014
Current release3.11.5, November 20232022, May 20225.0.1, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++GoScalaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL queriesnono
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Java
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0Shardingdepending on storage layernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factoryesdepending on storage layernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
depending on storage layernone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using Linux fsyncyesyes 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.yesdepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageno
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ArangoDBFeatureBaseGeoMesaLokiJS
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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