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System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. jBASE vs. LokiJS vs. TimesTen vs. Transbase

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Name

Description

Embeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)

A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

In-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle

A resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS

Primary database model

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Trend Chart

Score	0.27
Rank	#297	Overall
	#44	Document stores

Score	1.41
Rank	#159	Overall
	#3	Multivalue DBMS

Score	0.43
Rank	#264	Overall
	#42	Document stores

Score	1.31
Rank	#163	Overall
	#74	Relational DBMS

Score	0.11
Rank	#341	Overall
	#150	Relational DBMS

Website

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-jbase

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/timesten.html

www.transaction.de/en/products/transbase.html

Technical documentation

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb/blob/master/README.md

docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

docs.oracle.com/database/timesten-18.1

www.transaction.de/en/products/transbase/features.html

Developer

Softmotions

Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)

Oracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP

originally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005

Transaction Software GmbH

Initial release

2012

1991

2014

1998

1987

Current release

5.7

11 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)

Transbase 8.3, 2022

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

GPLv2

commercial

Open Source

commercial

free development license

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

C and C++

Server operating systems

server-less

AIX
Linux
Windows

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

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows

FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

string, integer, double, bool, date, object_id

optional

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

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC

yes

APIs and other access methods

in-process shared library

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

JavaScript API

JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API

Supported programming languages

Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby

.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java

JavaScript

C
C++
Java
PL/SQL

C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

View functions in JavaScript

PL/SQL

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes

none

Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication

Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

typically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possible

yes

Transaction concepts

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

ACID

atomic operations within a single collection possible

ACID

yes

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Read/Write Locking

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

by means of logfiles and checkpoints

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

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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