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System Properties Comparison GridDB vs. Hazelcast vs. LokiJS vs. MaxDB

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NameGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA widely adopted in-memory data gridIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutions
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Websitegriddb.nethazelcast.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmaxdb.sap.com
Technical documentationdocs.griddb.nethazelcast.org/­imdg/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmaxdb.sap.com/­documentation
DeveloperToshiba CorporationHazelcastSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997
Initial release2013200820141984
Current release5.1, August 20225.3.6, November 20237.9.10.12, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesnoyes
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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)SQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScript.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersyesyes infoEventsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoReplicated MapnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID at container levelone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseRole-based access controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GridDBHazelcastLokiJSMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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