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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Cachelot.io vs. InfluxDB vs. LokiJS vs. Memgraph

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Cachelot.io vs. InfluxDB vs. LokiJS vs. Memgraph

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.In-memory caching systemDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#388  Overall
#62  Key-value stores
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltcachelot.iowww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmemgraph.com
Technical documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperMemgraph Ltd
Initial release20132015201320142017
Current release2.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicenseOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++GoJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoNumeric data and Stringsnoyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnononoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsMemcached protocolHTTP API
JSON over UDP
JavaScript APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesGo.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenonenoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoDepending on used storage engineyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonosimple rights management via user accountsnoUsers, roles and permissions
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BoltDBCachelot.ioInfluxDBLokiJSMemgraph
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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