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System Properties Comparison ArcadeDB vs. DolphinDB vs. GigaSpaces vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Lovefield

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NameArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Time Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Document storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score0.10
Rank#358  Overall
#48  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#52  Key-value stores
#35  Time Series DBMS
Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Websitearcadedb.comwww.dolphindb.comwww.gigaspaces.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationdocs.arcadedb.comdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmldocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperArcade DataDolphinDB, IncGigaspaces TechnologiesIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Google
Initial release20212018200020102014
Current releaseSeptember 2021v2.00.4, January 202215.5, September 20202.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree community version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java, C++, .NetErlangJavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like query languageSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
JDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyes, event driven architectureyesUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationship in graphsnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, GroupsRole-based access controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseno

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