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System Properties Comparison eXtremeDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. PouchDB vs. TigerGraph

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NameeXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeDocument storeGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.mcobject.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantpouchdb.comwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantpouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperMcObjectIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Apache Software Foundation
Initial release2001201020122017
Current release8.2, 20217.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++ErlangJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyes
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.no infosupport of XML interfaces availablenonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnonoSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScriptC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possiblenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenoRole-based access control
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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