DB-EnginesExtremeDB: mitigate connectivity issues in a DBMSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Graphite vs. LokiJS vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Riak KV vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. LokiJS vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. Riak KV vs. VictoriaMetrics

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.Distributed, fault tolerant key-value storeA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeDocument storeKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexesTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.60
Rank#246  Overall
#39  Document stores
Score4.01
Rank#79  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Score1.23
Rank#172  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodbvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iotechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodbwww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latestdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperChris DavisPerconaOpenSource, formerly Basho TechnologiesVictoriaMetrics
Initial release20062014201520092018
Current release3.4.10-2.10, November 20173.2.0, December 2022v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise editionOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languagePythonJavaScriptC++ErlangGo
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
OS X
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlynoyesno
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyes infovia viewsyesrestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
JavaScript APIproprietary protocol using JSONHTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptActionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptJavaScriptErlangno
Triggersnoyesnoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replicationselectable replication factorSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono infolinks between data sets can be storedno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyes
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.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infovia In-Memory Engineno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess rights for users and rolesyes, using Riak Security

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
GraphiteLokiJSPercona Server for MongoDBRiak KVVictoriaMetrics
DB-Engines blog posts

Time Series DBMS are the database category with the fastest increase in popularity
4 July 2016, Matthias Gelbmann

Time Series DBMS as a new trend?
1 June 2015, Paul Andlinger

show all

New kids on the block: database management systems implemented in JavaScript
1 December 2014, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Recent citations in the news

Try out the Graphite monitoring tool for time-series data
29 October 2019, TechTarget

Getting Started with Monitoring using Graphite
23 January 2015, InfoQ.com

The Billion Data Point Challenge: Building a Query Engine for High Cardinality Time Series Data
10 December 2018, Uber

The value of time series data and TSDBs
10 June 2021, InfoWorld

Real-Time Performance and Health Monitoring Using Netdata
2 September 2019, CNX Software

provided by Google News

LokiJS - A JavaScript Database
18 November 2014, iProgrammer

provided by Google News

MongoDB Performance Tuning
23 May 2024, Database Trends and Applications

Why Isn't the World Upgrading Its Databases?
25 March 2024, The New Stack

FerretDB goes GA: Gives you MongoDB, without the MongoDB...
15 May 2023, The Stack

The essential guide to MongoDB security
2 February 2017, InfoWorld

Open-source developers under corporate pressure to adopt less-permissive licenses, Percona CEO says
13 May 2021, The Register

provided by Google News

Basho Revamps Riak Open-Source Database
22 September 2023, InformationWeek

A Critique of Resizable Hash Tables: Riak Core & Random Slicing
26 August 2018, InfoQ.com

Basho to Bolster Riak with DB Plug-Ins
5 May 2014, Datanami

Riak NoSQL snapped up by Bet365
12 September 2017, ComputerWeekly.com

Basho launches complete NoSQL software kit - DCD
28 May 2015, DatacenterDynamics

provided by Google News

OpenTelemetry Is Too Complicated, VictoriaMetrics Says
1 April 2024, Datanami

KubeCon24: VictoriaMetrics' Simpler Alternative to Prometheus
20 March 2024, The New Stack

VictoriaMetrics Slashes Data Storage Bills by 90% With World's Most Cost-Efficient Monitoring
30 May 2024, Yahoo Finance

How VictoriaMetrics' open source approach led to mass industry adoption
3 May 2024, Tech.eu

VictoriaMetrics takes organic growth over investor pressure
11 December 2023, The Register

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Present your product here