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System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. EJDB vs. Lovefield vs. ReductStore vs. TimesTen

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Name

Description

Analytic DBMS for real-time computations and queries

Embeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)

Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript

Designed to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.

In-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

a hierachical model (tree) can be imposed

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Trend Chart

Score	0.19
Rank	#329	Overall
	#146	Relational DBMS

Score	0.31
Rank	#296	Overall
	#44	Document stores

Score	0.33
Rank	#286	Overall
	#131	Relational DBMS

Score	0.05
Rank	#384	Overall
	#44	Time Series DBMS

Score	1.36
Rank	#161	Overall
	#75	Relational DBMS

Website

bigobject.io

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb

google.github.io/lovefield

github.com/reductstore
www.reduct.store

www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/timesten.html

Technical documentation

docs.bigobject.io

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb/blob/master/README.md

github.com/google/lovefield/blob/master/docs/spec_index.md

www.reduct.store/docs

docs.oracle.com/database/timesten-18.1

Developer

BigObject, Inc.

Softmotions

Google

ReductStore LLC

Oracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP

originally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005

Initial release

2015

2012

2014

2023

1998

Current release

2.1.12, February 2017

1.9, March 2024

11 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

free community edition available

Open Source

GPLv2

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

Business Source License 1.1

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

C++, Rust

Server operating systems

Linux

distributed as a docker-image
OS X

distributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows

distributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)

server-less

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

tested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari

Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

string, integer, double, bool, date, object_id

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like DML and DDL statements

SQL-like query language

via JavaScript builder pattern

yes

APIs and other access methods

fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API

in-process shared library

HTTP API

JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)

Supported programming languages

Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby

JavaScript

C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust

C
C++
Java
PL/SQL

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Lua

PL/SQL

Triggers

Using read-only observers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

automatically between fact table and dimension tables

typically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possible

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Read/write lock on objects (tables, trees)

yes

Read/Write Locking

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

yes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database

yes

by means of logfiles and checkpoints

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

using MemoryDB

yes

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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