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DBMS > Cachelot.io vs. Drizzle vs. IBM Cloudant vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Cachelot.io vs. Drizzle vs. IBM Cloudant vs. LokiJS

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NameCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionIn-memory caching systemMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
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Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitecachelot.iowww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudanttechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014
Initial release2015200820102014
Current release7.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicenseOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageC++C++ErlangJavaScript
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsMemcached protocolJDBCRESTful HTTP/JSON APIJavaScript API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Java
PHP
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possibleno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic locking
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.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseno

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