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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. HugeGraph vs. LokiJS vs. SAP IQ vs. Teradata Aster

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedRelational DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationhugegraph.apache.org/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJShelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperBaiduSAP, formerly SybaseTeradata
Initial release20132018201419942005
Current release0.916.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
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.nonononoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesnoyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesGoGroovy
Java
Python
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsView functions in JavaScriptyesR packages
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenoneSAP/Sybase Replication Serveryes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnovia hugegraph-sparkyesHadoop integrationyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoedges in graphnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers, roles and permissionsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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