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DBMS > Datomic vs. GeoMesa vs. LokiJS vs. NuoDB

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. GeoMesa vs. LokiJS vs. NuoDB

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.In-memory JavaScript DBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score1.55
Rank#144  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperCognitectCCRi and othersDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release2012201420142013
Current release1.0.7180, July 20245.0.1, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureScalaJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction FunctionsnoView functions in JavaScriptJava, SQL
TriggersBy using transaction functionsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersdepending on storage layernonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersdepending on storage layernoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layernoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
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 developmentdepending on storage layeryesyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users

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