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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. LokiJS vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenEdge

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneIn-memory JavaScript DBMSLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.71
Rank#227  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#10  Vector DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websitecratedb.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.objectbox.iodocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
DeveloperCrateObjectBox LimitedProgress Software Corporation
Initial release2013201420171984
Current release4.0 (May 2024)OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen SourceBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynonoyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIProprietary native APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
JavaScriptC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)View functions in JavaScriptnoyes
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelnoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
noneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsnoyesUsers and groups
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