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DBMS > GridGain vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison GridGain vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. TerarkDB

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NameGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteIn-memory JavaScript DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelColumnar
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeDocument storeKey-value store
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
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.gridgain.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpouchdb.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSpouchdb.com/­guidesbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperGridGain Systems, Inc.Apache Software FoundationByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2007201420122016
Current releaseGridGain 8.5.17.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial, open sourceOpen SourceOpen Sourcecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .Net, Python, REST, SQLJavaScriptJavaScriptC++
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)
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonono
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnonono
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
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScriptJavaScriptC++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)View functions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)yesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
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
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)yesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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 backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access control
Security Hooks for custom implementations
nonono

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