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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Graphite vs. Heroic vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. Graphite vs. Heroic vs. LokiJS

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
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Score0.76
Rank#224  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score8.96
Rank#48  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score4.75
Rank#75  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.57
Rank#250  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoregithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoregraphite.readthedocs.iospotify.github.io/­heroictechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperGoogleChris DavisSpotify
Initial release20132017200620142014
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoPythonJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesNumeric data onlyyesno
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 indexesnoyesnoyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
Sockets
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGoGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsnonoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyes, with Cloud Functionsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationnoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflownonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesyesnonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes 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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.nono

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