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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. Speedb

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSpeedb  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMSAn 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 DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeKey-value store
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Score5.30
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.23
Rank#318  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.geomesa.orgjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.speedb.io
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperApache Software FoundationCCRi and othersKonrad von BackstromSpeedb
Initial release19972014201820142020
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20234.0.5, February 20240.8, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonono
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaScriptJavaScriptC
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnofunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedepending on storage layernonenonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationdepending on storage layernonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layernone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes 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.yesdepending on storage layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenono
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBGeoMesaJSqlDbLokiJSSpeedb
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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