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DBMS > BoltDB vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. PostGIS vs. SwayDB vs. YottaDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelKey-value storeSpatial DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.70
Rank#225  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#384  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score0.21
Rank#309  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltpostgis.netswaydb.simer.auyottadb.com
Technical documentationpostgis.net/­documentationyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperSimer PlahaYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2013200520182001
Current release3.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoCScalaC
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnono
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesGoJava
Kotlin
Scala
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDAtomic execution of operationsoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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