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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. HugeGraph vs. Kdb vs. LokiJS

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSHigh performance Time Series DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
kx.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationhugegraph.apache.org/­docscode.kx.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperBaiduKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plc
Initial release201320182000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032014
Current release0.93.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoJavaqJavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesno
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGoGroovy
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonoyes infowith viewsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasehorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnovia hugegraph-sparkno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoedges in graphyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes 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.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers, roles and permissionsrights management via user accountsno
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Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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