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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. LokiJS vs. SurrealDB vs. Valentina Server

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.In-memory JavaScript DBMSA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSsurrealdb.comwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSsurrealdb.com/­docsvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperSurrealDB LtdParadigma Software
Initial release2013201420221999
Current releasev1.5.0, May 20245.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen SourceOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptRust
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyes
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
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGoJavaScriptDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes, based on authentication and database rulesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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