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DBMS > BoltDB vs. GeoMesa vs. LokiJS vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. GeoMesa vs. LokiJS vs. TerminusDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.In-memory JavaScript DBMSScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelKey-value storeSpatial DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.70
Rank#225  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.78
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSterminusdb.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperCCRi and othersDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2013201420142018
Current release5.0.1, July 202411.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoScalaJavaScriptProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesGoJavaScriptJavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layernoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layernoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on storage layernone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoRole-based access control

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