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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Ehcache vs. GreptimeDB vs. Heroic vs. LokiJS

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.ehcache.orggreptime.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.greptime.comspotify.github.io/­heroictechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGreptime Inc.Spotify
Initial release20132009202220142014
Current release3.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaRustJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesno
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 indexesnonoyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJCachegRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGoJavaC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoPythonnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoSimple rights management via user accountsno
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BoltDBEhcacheGreptimeDBHeroicLokiJS
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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