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DBMS > Dolt vs. Informix vs. SWC-DB vs. Tkrzw vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison Dolt vs. Informix vs. SWC-DB vs. Tkrzw vs. Valentina Server

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NameDolt  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto CabinetObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBWide column storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.96
Rank#193  Overall
#90  Relational DBMS
Score17.87
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
www.ibm.com/­products/­informixgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
dbmx.net/­tkrzwwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdocs.dolthub.cominformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
valentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperDoltHub IncIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.Alex KashirinMikio HirabayashiParadigma Software
Initial release20181984202020201999
Current release14.10.FC5, November 20200.5, April 20210.9.3, August 20205.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC, C++ and JavaC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesnoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
HTTP REST
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
ODBC
Supported programming languagesAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++C++
Java
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infocurrently in alpha releaseyesnonoyes
Triggersyesyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnone
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 replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infousing specific database classesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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