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DBMS > Cachelot.io vs. Dolt vs. Ingres vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Access

System Properties Comparison Cachelot.io vs. Dolt vs. Ingres vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Access

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NameCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonDolt  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory caching systemA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaWell established RDBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.04
Rank#388  Overall
#62  Key-value stores
Score1.02
Rank#191  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Score3.80
Rank#82  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score101.16
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Websitecachelot.iogithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
www.actian.com/­databases/­ingresgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­access
Technical documentationdocs.dolthub.comdocs.actian.com/­ingrestechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­access
DeveloperDoltHub IncActian CorporationMicrosoft
Initial release201520181974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s20141992
Current release11.2, May 20221902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Sourcecommercial infoBundled with Microsoft Office
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoCJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Windows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLs
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoyes
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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesnoyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standard
APIs and other access methodsMemcached protocolCLI Client
HTTP REST
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
JavaScript APIADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infocurrently in alpha releaseyesView functions in JavaScriptyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engine
Triggersnoyesyesyesyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engine
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.Ingres Replicatornonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infobut no files for transaction logging
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infobut no files for transaction logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003

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