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DBMS > BigObject vs. Greenplum vs. LokiJS vs. Realm vs. TypeDB

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Greenplum vs. LokiJS vs. Realm vs. TypeDB

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  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 DBMSA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataTypeDB provides developers with an expressive, customizable type system to manage their data using an award-winning query language, TypeQL, while building on a high-performance, distributed architecture.
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeGraph DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the graph database model.
Object oriented DBMS infoThe data model of TypeDB comprises object-oriented features such as class inheritance and interfaces.
Relational DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the relational database model.
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.13
Rank#329  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#46  Overall
#29  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score7.18
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.65
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#9  Object oriented DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Websitebigobject.iogreenplum.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSrealm.iotypedb.com
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iodocs.greenplum.orgtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSrealm.io/­docstypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Pivotal Software Inc.Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Vaticle
Initial release20152005201420142016
Current release7.0.0, September 20232.28.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava
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
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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 viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIgRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (IDE)
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
JavaScript.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
All JVM based languages
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuayesView functions in JavaScriptno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenoneno
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnonenoneSynchronous replication via raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesyesnonono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID
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.yesnoyesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyesyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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BigObjectGreenplumLokiJSRealmTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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