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System Properties Comparison Cachelot.io vs. CouchDB vs. KeyDB vs. Memgraph vs. PouchDB

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NameCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory caching systemA native JSON - document store inspired by Lotus Notes, scalable from globally distributed server-clusters down to mobile phones.An ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocolsAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeKey-value storeGraph DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extension
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score9.30
Rank#45  Overall
#7  Document stores
Score0.71
Rank#226  Overall
#33  Key-value stores
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitecachelot.iocouchdb.apache.orggithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
memgraph.compouchdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.couchdb.org/­en/­stabledocs.keydb.devmemgraph.com/­docspouchdb.com/­guides
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Damien Katz, a former Lotus Notes developerEQ Alpha Technology Ltd.Memgraph LtdApache Software Foundation
Initial release20152005201920172012
Current release3.3.3, December 20237.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoBSD-3Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++ErlangC++C and C++JavaScript
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Android
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonopartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexesyesno
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyes infoby using the Redis Search moduleyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methodsMemcached protocolRESTful HTTP/JSON APIProprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocoBolt protocol
Cypher query language
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
ColdFusion
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptLuaView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoimproved architecture with release 2.0ShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single document possibleOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scriptsACID infowith snapshot isolationno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infostrategy: optimistic lockingyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logsyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per databasesimple password-based access control and ACLUsers, roles and permissionsno
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