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System Properties Comparison CouchDB vs. Datomic vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. PouchDB vs. Raima Database Manager

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NameCouchDB infostands for "Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware"  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native JSON - document store inspired by Lotus Notes, scalable from globally distributed server-clusters down to mobile phones.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database server
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSWide column storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extension
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Score9.30
Rank#45  Overall
#7  Document stores
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score4.48
Rank#75  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Websitecouchdb.apache.orgwww.datomic.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tablespouchdb.comraima.com
Technical documentationdocs.couchdb.org/­en/­stabledocs.datomic.compouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.raima.com
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Damien Katz, a former Lotus Notes developerCognitectMicrosoftApache Software FoundationRaima Inc.
Initial release20052012201220121984
Current release3.3.3, December 20231.0.6735, June 20237.1.1, June 201915, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageErlangJava, ClojureJavaScriptC
Server operating systemsAndroid
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-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.nonononono infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possible
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsyesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP/JSON APIRESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
ColdFusion
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
Clojure
Java
.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptyes infoTransaction FunctionsnoView functions in JavaScriptyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specification
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoimproved architecture with release 2.0none infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.Multi-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single document possibleACIDoptimistic lockingnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infostrategy: optimistic lockingyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes 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.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenoAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesnono
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Specific characteristicsRaima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesDecreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosTypical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersInfor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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