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DBMS > GridGain vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. SAP IQ vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison GridGain vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. SAP IQ vs. Teradata Aster

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NameGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteIn-memory JavaScript DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelColumnar
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeDocument storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.48
Rank#150  Overall
#1  Columnar
#26  Key-value stores
#2  Object oriented DBMS
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score2.18
Rank#114  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score2.56
Rank#106  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.gridgain.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpouchdb.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSpouchdb.com/­guideshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperGridGain Systems, Inc.Apache Software FoundationSAP, formerly SybaseTeradata
Initial release20072014201219942005
Current releaseGridGain 8.5.17.1.1, June 201916.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial, open sourceOpen SourceOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .Net, Python, REST, SQLJavaScriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyesyes
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.yesnononoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnonoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JavaScript APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScriptJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)View functions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptyesR packages
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)yesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)noneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
SAP/Sybase Replication Serveryes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)yesyesHadoop integrationyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access control
Security Hooks for custom implementations
nonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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