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System Properties Comparison EDB Postgres vs. LokiJS vs. Postgres-XL vs. ReductStore

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Name

Description

The EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

Based on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features

Designed to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Document store
Spatial DBMS

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Score	1.91
Rank	#130	Overall
	#60	Relational DBMS

Score	0.49
Rank	#260	Overall
	#42	Document stores

Score	0.53
Rank	#254	Overall
	#117	Relational DBMS

Score	0.05
Rank	#384	Overall
	#44	Time Series DBMS

Website

www.enterprisedb.com

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

www.postgres-xl.org

github.com/reductstore
www.reduct.store

Technical documentation

www.enterprisedb.com/docs

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

www.postgres-xl.org/documentation

www.reduct.store/docs

Developer

EnterpriseDB

ReductStore LLC

Initial release

2005

2014

since 2012, originally named StormDB

2023

Current release

14, December 2021

10 R1, October 2018

1.9, March 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

BSD for PostgreSQL-components

Open Source

Mozilla public license

Open Source

Business Source License 1.1

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

C++, Rust

Server operating systems

Linux
Windows

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Linux
macOS

Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

specific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.

yes

XML type, but no XML query functionality

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

standard with numerous extensions

yes

distributed, parallel query execution

APIs and other access methods

ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects

JavaScript API

ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects

HTTP API

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl

JavaScript

.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl

C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

realized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.

View functions in JavaScript

user defined functions

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

horizontal partitioning

by hash, list or range

none

horizontal partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Multi-source replication

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

none

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

atomic operations within a single collection possible

ACID

MVCC

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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