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DBMS > Dgraph vs. IBM Cloudant vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. IBM Cloudant vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. Splunk

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBIn-memory JavaScript DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelGraph DBMSDocument storeDocument storeDocument storeSearch engine
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitedgraph.iowww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpouchdb.comwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docscloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudanttechfort.github.io/­LokiJSpouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.IBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Apache Software FoundationSplunk Inc.
Initial release20162010201420122003
Current release7.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoErlangJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnononoyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIJavaScript APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScriptJavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersnoyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Multi-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencynoneEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possibleno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
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.yes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenonoAccess rights for users and roles

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