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DBMS > Elasticsearch vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison Elasticsearch vs. GeoMesa vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. Sadas Engine

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NameElasticsearch  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA distributed, RESTful modern search and analytics engine based on Apache Lucene infoElasticsearch lets you perform and combine many types of searches such as structured, unstructured, geo, and metricGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMSSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelSearch engineSpatial DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score135.35
Rank#7  Overall
#1  Search engines
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.elastic.co/­elasticsearchwww.geomesa.orgjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationwww.elastic.co/­guide/­en/­elasticsearch/­reference/­current/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperElasticCCRi and othersKonrad von BackstromSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release20102014201820142006
Current release8.6, January 20234.0.5, February 20240.8, December 20188.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoElastic LicenseOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Sourcecommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenononoyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
Groovy
Community Contributed Clients
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnofunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyes infoby using the 'percolation' featurenonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layernonenonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesdepending on storage layernonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsES-Hadoop Connectoryesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, alldepending on storage layernoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Memcached and Redis integrationdepending on storage layeryesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

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