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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Heroic vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Heroic vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Realm

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlrealm.io
Technical documentationspotify.github.io/­heroictechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperSpotifyOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20132014201419842014
Current release7.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourcecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)HP Open VMSAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyesyes
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 indexesnoyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyesno
APIs and other access methodsHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGoJavaScript.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnonoyesyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
noneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleyes, on a single nodeACID
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.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesnoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes

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