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DBMS > BigObject vs. InfinityDB vs. SQL.JS vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. InfinityDB vs. SQL.JS vs. SwayDB

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfacePort of SQLite to JavaScriptAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
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Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitebigobject.ioboilerbay.comsql.js.orgswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.ioboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersSimer Plaha
Initial release2015200220122018
Current release4.0
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptScala
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaScriptJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuanonono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnononono

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