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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Fauna vs. LokiJS vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Fauna vs. LokiJS vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Fauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.In-memory JavaScript DBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeObject oriented DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltfauna.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSobjectbox.iowww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationdocs.fauna.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperFauna, Inc.ObjectBox LimitedRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release20132014201420171993
Current release3.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoScalaJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenononoyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJavaScript APIProprietary native API
Supported programming languagesGoC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
JavaScriptC
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptnoyes
Triggersnonoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingnonenoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationnoneonline/offline synchronization between client and serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoIdentity management, authentication, and access controlnoyesAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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BoltDBFauna infopreviously named FaunaDBLokiJSObjectBoxOpenQM infoalso called QM
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