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DBMS > Dolt vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. H2 vs. H2GIS vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Dolt vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. H2 vs. H2GIS vs. LokiJS

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NameDolt  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Spatial extension of H2In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.02
Rank#191  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
firebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.h2database.comwww.h2gis.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.dolthub.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorewww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­hometechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperDoltHub IncGoogleThomas MuellerCNRS
Initial release20182017200520132014
Current release2.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoJavaJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
HTTP REST
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaJavaJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infocurrently in alpha releaseyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsyes infobased on H2View functions in JavaScript
Triggersyesyes, with Cloud Functionsyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.Multi-source replicationWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infobased on H2none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflownonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on H2no

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