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DBMS > Datomic vs. GigaSpaces vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. Speedb

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. GigaSpaces vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. Speedb

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformAn embeddable, high performance key-value store optimized for write-intensive workloads, which can be used as a drop-in replacement for RocksDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Document storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score4.36
Rank#72  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score0.26
Rank#310  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.gigaspaces.comcloud.google.com/­datastorewww.speedb.io
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docs
DeveloperCognitectGigaspaces TechnologiesGoogleSpeedb
Initial release2012200020082020
Current release1.0.7075, December 202315.5, September 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureJava, C++, .NetC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, details hereno
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.nono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL-like query language (GQL)no
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsyesusing Google App Engineno
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyes, event driven architectureCallbacks using the Google Apps Engine
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Multi-source replication using Paxosyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of Transactionsyes
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)yesyesyes
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 developmentyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)no
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DatomicGigaSpacesGoogle Cloud DatastoreSpeedb
Specific characteristicsSpeedb is an embedded key-value storage engine for versatile use cases. It was designed...
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Competitive advantagesSpeedb Open-source rebases on RocksDB's latest versions, with enhanced capabilities...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source - Speedb OSS is released under an Apache license and can be found on...
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