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System Properties Comparison DolphinDB vs. EXASOL vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. LokiJS vs. Snowflake

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NameDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.High-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityIn-memory JavaScript DBMSCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score130.36
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.dolphindb.comwww.exasol.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlwww.exasol.com/­resourcesdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperDolphinDB, IncExasolInterSystemsSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release20182000201820142014
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20222023.3, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community version availablecommercialcommercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hosted
Data schemeyesyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.nonoyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APICLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
Java
Lua
Python
R
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsyesView functions in JavaScriptuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyesyesno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingShardingnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infoHadoop integrationnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes 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.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, GroupsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyesnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication
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