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System Properties Comparison Bangdb vs. Datomic vs. Dgraph vs. FileMaker vs. LokiJS

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NameBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.08
Rank#347  Overall
#47  Document stores
#34  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitebangdb.comwww.datomic.comdgraph.iowww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.bangdb.comdocs.datomic.comdgraph.io/­docswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperSachin Sinha, BangDBCognitectDgraph Labs, Inc.Claris infoa subsidiary of Apple
Initial release20122012201619832014
Current releaseBangDB 2.0, October 20211.0.6735, June 202319.4.1, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD 3commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, C++Java, ClojureGoJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyesyesyesno
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.nononoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno
Secondary indexesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL like support with command line toolnonoyes infovia pluginsno
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
Python
Clojure
Java
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
PHPJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction FunctionsnoyesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)By using transaction functionsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)none infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, optimistic concurrency controlyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes 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.yes, run db with in-memory only modeyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes (enterprise version only)nono infoPlanned for future releasessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesno

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