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DBMS > BoltDB vs. OrientDB vs. RocksDB vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. OrientDB vs. RocksDB vs. SurrealDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Embeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)A fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Key-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.70
Rank#225  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score3.02
Rank#88  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Score1.11
Rank#174  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltorientdb.orgrocksdb.orgsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikisurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPFacebook, Inc.SurrealDB Ltd
Initial release2013201020132022
Current release3.2.29, March 20249.4.0, June 2024v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoBSDOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoJavaC++Rust
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language, no joinsnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsTinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
C++ API
Java API
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesGo.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, Javascriptno
TriggersnoHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationship in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurablenoyes, based on authentication and database rules

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