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System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. InfluxDB vs. Informix vs. Lovefield vs. Manticore Search

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBRelational DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
Time Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
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Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score17.87
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmanticoresearch.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mddocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
github.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmanual.manticoresearch.com
DeveloperSoftmotionsIBM, 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.GoogleManticore Software
Initial release20122013198420142017
Current release2.7.6, April 202414.10.FC5, November 20202.1.12, February 20176.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availablecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCGoC, C++ and JavaJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsserver-lessLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesFixed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idNumeric data and Stringsyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Boolean
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.nonoCan index from XML
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryHTTP API
JSON over UDP
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesnouser defined functions
TriggersnonoyesUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoin enterprise version onlyShardingnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneSynchronous replication based on Galera library
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoDepending on used storage engineyesyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accountsUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsnono
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EJDBInfluxDBInformixLovefieldManticore Search
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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