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DBMS > BoltDB vs. PouchDB vs. Realm vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. PouchDB vs. Realm vs. Splunk

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeDocument storeSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score86.45
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltpouchdb.comrealm.iowww.splunk.com
Technical documentationpouchdb.com/­guidesrealm.io/­docsdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperApache Software FoundationRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Splunk Inc.
Initial release2013201220142003
Current release7.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen SourceOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoJavaScript
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesGoJavaScript.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes
Triggersnoyesyes infoChange Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
noneMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyesAccess rights for users and roles

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