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DBMS > Datastax Enterprise vs. Dgraph vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. SpatiaLite

System Properties Comparison Datastax Enterprise vs. Dgraph vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. SpatiaLite

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NameDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSWidely used in-process key-value storeSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelWide column storeGraph DBMSDocument storeKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.01
Rank#126  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisedgraph.iogithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmlwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationdocs.datastax.comdgraph.io/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.htmlwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperDataStaxDgraph Labs, Inc.Oracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by OracleAlessandro Furieri
Initial release20112016201419942008
Current release6.8, April 202018.1.40, May 20205.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infocommercial license availableOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaScriptC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
server-less
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoyes
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 infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML editionno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLnonoyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availableyes
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoView functions in JavaScriptnono
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoonly for the SQL APIyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infono "single point of failure"yesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingSynchronous replication via RaftnoneSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes 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.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectno infoPlanned for future releasesnonono
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Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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