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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Ehcache vs. Hazelcast vs. Snowflake

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA widely adopted in-memory data gridCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score121.33
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.ehcache.orghazelcast.comwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGHazelcastSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release2013200920082014
Current release3.10.0, March 20225.3.6, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageGoJavaJava
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
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.nonoyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyyes
Secondary indexesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGoJava.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesuser defined functions
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoEventsno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes infoReplicated Mapyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoRole-based access controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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