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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. GeoSpock vs. LokiJS vs. Oracle Berkeley DB vs. PouchDB

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be 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.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleIn-memory JavaScript DBMSWidely used in-process key-value storeJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
Document store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.01
Rank#126  Overall
#21  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbygeospock.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­berkeleydb.htmlpouchdb.com
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.htmlpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGeoSpockOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by OracleApache Software Foundation
Initial release1997201419942012
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20232.0, September 201918.1.40, May 20207.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infocommercial license availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, JavascriptJavaScriptC, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)JavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
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.yesnonoyes infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML editionno
Secondary indexesyestemporal, categoricalyes infovia viewsyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)noyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is availableno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBCJavaScript APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaScript.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoonly for the SQL APIyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic shardingnonenoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per tablenonono

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