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System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Greenplum vs. LokiJS vs. ObjectBox vs. YottaDB

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  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.In-memory JavaScript DBMSLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitebigobject.iogreenplum.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
yottadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iodocs.greenplum.orgtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.objectbox.ioyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Pivotal Software Inc.ObjectBox LimitedYottaDB, LLC
Initial release20152005201420172001
Current release7.0.0, September 20234.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++C
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes, plus "flex" map-like typesno
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 indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnonoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIProprietary native APIPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
JavaScriptC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuayesView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes 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.yesnoyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyesUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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