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System Properties Comparison Cubrid vs. Datomic vs. Lovefield vs. SWC-DB

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Name

Description

CUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTP

Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durability

Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript

A high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Wide column store

Secondary database models

Time Series DBMS

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Score	1.04
Rank	#187	Overall
	#87	Relational DBMS

Score	1.66
Rank	#144	Overall
	#66	Relational DBMS

Score	0.33
Rank	#286	Overall
	#131	Relational DBMS

Score	0.08
Rank	#364	Overall
	#13	Wide column stores

Website

cubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)

www.datomic.com

google.github.io/lovefield

github.com/kashirin-alex/swc-db
www.swcdb.org

Technical documentation

cubrid.org/manuals

docs.datomic.com

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

Developer

CUBRID Corporation, CUBRID Foundation

Cognitect

Google

Alex Kashirin

Initial release

2008

2012

2014

2020

Current release

11.0, January 2021

1.0.7075, December 2023

2.1.12, February 2017

0.5, April 2021

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

limited edition free

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

GPL V3

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

C, C++, Java

Java, Clojure

JavaScript

C++

Server operating systems

Linux
Windows

All OS with a Java VM

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

tested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari

Linux

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

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.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL-like query language

via JavaScript builder pattern

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB

RESTful HTTP API

Proprietary protocol
Thrift

Supported programming languages

C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby

Clojure
Java

JavaScript

C++

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Java Stored Procedures

yes

Transaction Functions

Triggers

yes

By using transaction functions

Using read-only observers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

none

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Source-replica replication

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

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

using external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)

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

recommended only for testing and development

yes

using MemoryDB

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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