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DBMS > Datomic vs. EsgynDB vs. HBase vs. SQL.JS vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. EsgynDB vs. HBase vs. SQL.JS vs. Trafodion

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTablePort of SQLite to JavaScriptTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.esgyn.cnhbase.apache.orgsql.js.orgtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmltrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperCognitectEsgynApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release20122015200820122014
Current release1.0.6735, June 20232.3.4, January 20212.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC++, JavaJavaJavaScriptC++, Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
JavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction FunctionsJava Stored Proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in JavanoJava Stored Procedures
TriggersBy using transaction functionsnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication between multi datacentersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
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 developmentnoyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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