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DBMS > Google Cloud Datastore vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. NSDb vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Datastore vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. NSDb vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAutomatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformCloud-based data warehousing serviceScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score4.36
Rank#72  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­datastorewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousensdb.ioterminusdb.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsnsdb.io/­Architectureterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#velocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperGoogleIBMDataChemist Ltd.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release20082014201720182011
Current release11.0.0, January 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnonono
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Implementation languageJava, ScalaProlog, RustC#
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
macOS
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes, details hereyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyesyes
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.nono infoImport/export of XML data possiblenonono
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (GQL)yesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
.Net
Supported programming languages.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Java
Scala
JavaScript
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresusing Google App EnginePL/SQL, SQL PLnoyesno
TriggersCallbacks using the Google Apps EngineyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using PaxosyesJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlBased on Windows Authentication

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