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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. HBase vs. Heroic vs. Percona Server for MongoDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Wide column storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.52
Rank#254  Overall
#39  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.mcobject.comhbase.apache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodb
Technical documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlspotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodb
DeveloperMcObjectApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetSpotifyPercona
Initial release20132001200820142015
Current release8.2, 20212.3.4, January 20213.4.10-2.10, November 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL Version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC and C++JavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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.nono infosupport of XML interfaces availablenonono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes infovia Elasticsearchyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnonono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesGo.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyes infoCoprocessors in JavanoJavaScript
Triggersnoyes infoby defining eventsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)nono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesnoyes infovia In-Memory Engine
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights for users and roles
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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