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System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. PouchDB vs. SiteWhere vs. SurrealDB

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelEvent StoreRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.eventstore.comwww.mcobject.compouchdb.comgithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewheresurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmpouchdb.com/­guidessitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmlsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedMcObjectApache Software FoundationSiteWhereSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20122001201220102022
Current release21.2, February 20218.2, 20217.1.1, June 2019v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++JavaScriptJavaRust
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freepredefined schemeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.no infosupport of XML interfaces availablenono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP RESTGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
JavaScriptDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
selectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptyes, based on authentication and database rules
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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