DBMS > Cachelot.io vs. Lovefield vs. SpaceTime vs. Stardog vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison Cachelot.io vs. Lovefield vs. SpaceTime vs. Stardog vs. Transwarp Hippo

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Description

In-memory caching system

Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript

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Primary database model

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

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Score	0.33
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Score	0.03
Rank	#392	Overall
	#8	Spatial DBMS

Score	2.07
Rank	#122	Overall
	#11	Graph DBMS
	#6	RDF stores

Score	0.05
Rank	#386	Overall
	#16	Vector DBMS

Website

cachelot.io

google.github.io/lovefield

www.mireo.com/spacetime

www.stardog.com

www.transwarp.cn/en/subproduct/hippo

Technical documentation

github.com/google/lovefield/blob/master/docs/spec_index.md

docs.stardog.com

Developer

Google

Mireo

Stardog-Union

Initial release

2015

2014

2020

2010

2023

Current release

2.1.12, February 2017

7.3.0, May 2020

1.0, May 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Simplified BSD License

Open Source

Apache 2.0

commercial

60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

C++

JavaScript

C++

Java

C++

Server operating systems

FreeBSD
Linux
OS X

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

tested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari

Linux

Linux
macOS
Windows

Linux
macOS

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

Vector, Numeric and String

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Import/export of XML data possible

Secondary indexes

yes

supports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language

via JavaScript builder pattern

A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented

Yes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server

APIs and other access methods

Memcached protocol

RESTful HTTP API

GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3

RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby

JavaScript

C#
C++
Python

.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby

C++
Java
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java

Triggers

Using read-only observers

yes

via event handlers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Fixed-grid hypercubes

none

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Real-time block device replication (DRBD)

Multi-source replication in HA-Cluster

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency

Immediate Consistency in HA-Cluster

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationships in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

using MemoryDB

yes

User concepts

Access control

yes

Access rights for users and roles

Role based access control and fine grained access rights

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