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DBMS > FeatureBase vs. GeoMesa vs. Informix vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison FeatureBase vs. GeoMesa vs. Informix vs. LokiJS

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NameFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonInformix  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
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Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score17.12
Rank#34  Overall
#21  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitewww.featurebase.comwww.geomesa.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­informixgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.featurebase.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
techfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsCCRi and othersIBM, 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.
Initial release2017201419842014
Current release2022, May 20225.0.0, May 202414.10.FC5, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoScalaC, C++ and JavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL queriesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
JDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesdepending on storage layerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using Linux fsyncyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsno

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