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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Lovefield vs. PouchDB vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Lovefield vs. PouchDB vs. Sequoiadb

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldpouchdb.comwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdpouchdb.com/­guideswww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperGoogleApache Software FoundationSequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release2013201420122013
Current release2.1.12, February 20177.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safariserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesGoJavaScriptJavaScript.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptJavaScript
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnoDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDByesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnononosimple password-based access control

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