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System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Bigtable vs. HarperDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. LokiJS

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NameGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value store
Wide column store
Document storeDocument storeDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitecloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.harperdb.iowww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docscloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudanttechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperGoogleHarperDBIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014
Initial release2015201720102014
Current release3.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageNode.jsErlangJavaScript
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoJSON data typesnono
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 indexesnoyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1View functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsAtomic execution of specific operationsno infoatomic operations within a document possibleno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic locking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes 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.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseno

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