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System Properties Comparison FeatureBase vs. LokiJS vs. MonetDB vs. Transbase vs. XTDB

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NameFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  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.In-memory JavaScript DBMSA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMSA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.featurebase.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.monetdb.orgwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.htmlgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.featurebase.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.htmlwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsMonetDB BVTransaction Software GmbHJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20172014200419872019
Current release2022, May 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023Transbase 8.3, 20221.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial infofree development licenseOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptCC and C++Clojure
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL queriesnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsyeslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
JavaScript APIJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
JavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Ryesno
Triggersnoyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding via remote tablesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replicationyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using Linux fsyncyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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