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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. DuckDB vs. H2

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonDuckDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.An embeddable, in-process, column-oriented SQL OLAP RDBMSFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.63
Rank#228  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score6.17
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score7.02
Rank#50  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltduckdb.orgwww.h2database.com
Technical documentationduckdb.org/­docswww.h2database.com/­html/­main.html
DeveloperThomas Mueller
Initial release201320182005
Current release1.0.0, June 20242.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageGoC++Java
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-lessAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsArrow Database Connectivity (ADBC)
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGoC
C# info3rd party driver
C++
Crystal info3rd party driver
Go info3rd party driver
Java
Lisp info3rd party driver
Python
R
Ruby info3rd party driver
Rust
Swift
Zig info3rd party driver
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functions
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a database
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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