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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. LokiJS vs. OpenQM

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. LokiJS vs. OpenQM

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  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.In-memory JavaScript DBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeDocument storeMultivalue DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.76
Rank#224  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score8.96
Rank#48  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoregithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoretechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperGoogleRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release2013201720141993
Current release3.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesno
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsAndroid
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGoGo
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaScript.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersnoyes, with Cloud Functionsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflowyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesyesno 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
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
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.noAccess rights can be defined down to the item level

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