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DBMS > Drizzle vs. LokiJS vs. Memgraph vs. Oracle Rdb vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. LokiJS vs. Memgraph vs. Oracle Rdb vs. TimescaleDB

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.In-memory JavaScript DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#71  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmemgraph.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.timescale.com
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmemgraph.com/­docswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmldocs.timescale.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerMemgraph LtdOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Timescale
Initial release20082014201719842017
Current release7.2.4, September 20127.4.1.1, 20212.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC and C++C
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxHP Open VMSLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsnonoyesyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJavaScript APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptuser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infowith snapshot isolationyes, on a single nodeACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPnoUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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