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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Datomic vs. H2 vs. H2GIS vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Datomic vs. H2 vs. H2GIS vs. TinkerGraph

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  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 durabilityFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Spatial extension of H2A lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.datomic.comwww.h2database.comwww.h2gis.orgtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­home
DeveloperCognitectThomas MuellerCNRS
Initial release20132012200520132009
Current release1.0.6735, June 20232.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJava, ClojureJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesGoClojure
Java
JavaJavaGroovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction FunctionsJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsyes infobased on H2no
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infobased on H2none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)no
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesoptional
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-standardyes infobased on H2no

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