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DBMS > BoltDB vs. LokiJS vs. MaxDB vs. Rockset vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. LokiJS vs. MaxDB vs. Rockset vs. Transbase

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.In-memory JavaScript DBMSA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.11
Rank#341  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmaxdb.sap.comrockset.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationdocs.rockset.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997RocksetTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release20132014198420191987
Current release7.9.10.12, February 2024Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialcommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC++C++C and C++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hostedFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesdynamic typingyes
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.nononono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
HTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesGoJavaScript.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptyesnoyes
Triggersnoyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDnoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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