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DBMS > BigObject vs. Greenplum vs. Kinetica vs. LokiJS vs. SiriDB

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Greenplum vs. Kinetica vs. LokiJS vs. SiriDB

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesAnalytic 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.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSOpen Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Websitebigobject.iogreenplum.orgwww.kinetica.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSsiridb.com
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iodocs.greenplum.orgdocs.kinetica.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Pivotal Software Inc.KineticaCesbit
Initial release20152005201220142017
Current release7.0.0, September 20237.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, C++JavaScriptC
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
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes infoNumeric data
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.noyes infosince Version 4.2nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIHTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuayesuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyesyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
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.yesnoyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles on table levelnosimple rights management via user accounts

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