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System Properties Comparison FoundationDB vs. LokiJS vs. Memgraph vs. SiriDB

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NameFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.In-memory JavaScript DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jOpen Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Document storeGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmemgraph.comsiridb.com
Technical documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmemgraph.com/­docsdocs.siridb.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperFoundationDBMemgraph LtdCesbit
Initial release2013201420172017
Current release6.2.28, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptC and C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infosome layers support typingnoyesyes infoNumeric data
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 indexesnoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLsupported in specific SQL layer onlynonono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlyView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityin SQL-layer onlynoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infowith snapshot isolationno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoUsers, roles and permissionssimple rights management via user accounts
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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