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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Datomic vs. Faircom DB vs. GigaSpaces vs. Hazelcast

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACE  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  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 durabilityNative high-speed multi-model DBMS for relational and key-value store data simultaneously accessible through SQL and NoSQL APIs.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsA widely adopted in-memory data grid
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Document store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#318  Overall
#48  Key-value stores
#141  Relational DBMS
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.datomic.comwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-dbwww.gigaspaces.comhazelcast.com
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-7446ae34-a1a7-c843-c894-d5322e395184.htmldocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docs
DeveloperCognitectFairCom CorporationGigaspaces TechnologiesHazelcast
Initial release20132012197920002008
Current release1.0.6735, June 2023V12, November 202015.5, September 20205.3.6, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercial infoRestricted, free version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJava, ClojureANSI C, C++Java, C++, .NetJava
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
QNX
SCO
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows infoeasily portable to other OSs
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema free, schema optional, schema required, partial schema,schema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes, ANSI SQL Types, JSON, typed binary structuresyesyes
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 infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatayes infothe object must implement a serialization strategy
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes, ANSI SQL with proprietary extensionsSQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
Direct SQL
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful MQTT/JSON API
RPC
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGoClojure
Java
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js and browser)
PHP
Python
Visual Basic
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++yesyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Services
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsyesyes, event driven architectureyes infoEvents
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersFile partitioning, horizontal partitioning, sharding infoCustomizable business rules for table partitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes, configurable to be parallel or serial, synchronous or asynchronous, uni-directional or bi-directional, ACID-consistent or eventually consistent (with custom conflict resolution).Multi-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yes infoReplicated Map
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Tunable consistency per server, database, table, and transaction
Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus Algorithm
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDtunable from ACID to Eventually ConsistentACIDone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commited
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)Yes, tunable from durable to delayed durability to in-memoryyesyes
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 developmentyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard with additional protections for filesRole-based access controlRole-based access control

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