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DBMS > BigObject vs. Cachelot.io vs. LokiJS vs. SwayDB vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Cachelot.io vs. LokiJS vs. SwayDB vs. YottaDB

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesIn-memory caching systemIn-memory JavaScript DBMSAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedKey-value storeDocument storeKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#388  Overall
#62  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitebigobject.iocachelot.iogithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSswaydb.simer.auyottadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iotechfort.github.io/­LokiJSyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Simer PlahaYottaDB, LLC
Initial release20152015201420182001
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptScalaC
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnononono
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 indexesyesnoyes infovia viewsnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnononoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Memcached protocolJavaScript APIPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptJava
Kotlin
Scala
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuanoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleAtomic execution of operationsoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonononoUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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