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

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.35
Rank#278  Overall
#43  Document stores
#127  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationspotify.github.io/­heroictechfort.github.io/­LokiJSydb.tech/­en/­docs
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGSpotifyYandex
Initial release20132009201420142019
Current release3.10.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoyes
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 indexesnonoyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsJCacheHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languagesGoJavaJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta ServeryesnoneActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
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 possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoAccess rights defined for Yandex Cloud users

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