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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Dolt vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. Manticore Search

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonDolt  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
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Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#193  Overall
#90  Relational DBMS
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Websitewww.datomic.comgithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
www.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmanticoresearch.com
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comdocs.dolthub.comdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmanual.manticoresearch.com
DeveloperCognitectDoltHub IncGoogleManticore Software
Initial release20122018201320142017
Current release1.0.6735, June 20232.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 20176.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureGoGoJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesFixed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data and StringsyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Boolean
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.nonononoCan index from XML
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APICLI Client
HTTP REST
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScriptElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsyes infocurrently in alpha releasenonouser defined functions
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesnoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneSynchronous replication based on Galera library
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlnoOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupsimple rights management via user accountsnono
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DatomicDoltInfluxDBLovefieldManticore Search
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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