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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Datomic vs. Dolt vs. GeoMesa

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Datomic vs. Dolt vs. GeoMesa

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonDolt  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#191  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.datomic.comgithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
www.geomesa.org
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comdocs.dolthub.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.html
DeveloperCognitectDoltHub IncCCRi and others
Initial release2013201220182014
Current release1.0.7075, December 20235.0.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoJava, ClojureGoScala
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APICLI Client
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesGoClojure
Java
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsyes infocurrently in alpha releaseno
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonedepending on storage layer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.depending on storage layer
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layer
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentdepending on storage layer
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storage

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