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System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. LokiJS vs. MaxDB vs. PouchDB

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Document storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score0.91
Rank#197  Overall
#33  Document stores
#7  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score2.15
Rank#115  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score2.18
Rank#114  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmaxdb.sap.compouchdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Apache Software Foundation
Initial release2000201419842012
Current release15.5, September 20207.9.10.12, February 20247.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetJavaScriptC++JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesno
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 infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
JavaScript.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptyesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyes, event driven architectureyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
noneSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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.yesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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