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DBMS > BigObject vs. Galaxybase vs. Greenplum vs. LokiJS vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Galaxybase vs. Greenplum vs. LokiJS vs. QuestDB

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformAnalytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.In-memory JavaScript DBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.13
Rank#329  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#46  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Websitebigobject.iogalaxybase.comgreenplum.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSquestdb.io
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iodocs.greenplum.orgtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Chuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司Pivotal Software Inc.QuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release20152017200520142014
Current releaseNov 20, November 20217.0.0, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and JavaJavaScriptJava (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
LinuxLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemayesschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
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.nonoyes infosince Version 4.2nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesnoSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Browser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
C
Java
Perl
Python
R
JavaScriptC infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuauser defined procedures and functionsyesView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyes infoRelationships in graphsyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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