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DBMS > ArcadeDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. H2 vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison ArcadeDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. H2 vs. LokiJS

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NameArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Spatial DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score0.10
Rank#358  Overall
#48  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#52  Key-value stores
#35  Time Series DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitearcadedb.comwww.geomesa.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.h2database.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.arcadedb.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorewww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperArcade DataCCRi and othersGoogleThomas Mueller
Initial release20212014201720052014
Current releaseSeptember 20215.0.0, May 20242.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language, no joinsnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyes, with Cloud Functionsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationdepending on storage layerMulti-source replicationWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesUsing Cloud Dataflownoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationship in graphsnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyesACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
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.depending on storage layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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