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DBMS > Hazelcast vs. LokiJS vs. ObjectBox vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison Hazelcast vs. LokiJS vs. ObjectBox vs. Teradata Aster

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NameHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  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.
DescriptionA widely adopted in-memory data gridIn-memory JavaScript DBMSLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Time Series DBMS
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Score5.72
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Websitehazelcast.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
Technical documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperHazelcastObjectBox LimitedTeradata
Initial release2008201420172005
Current release5.3.6, November 20234.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen SourceBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-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 dateyesnoyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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.yes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynonoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenonoyes
APIs and other access methodsJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIProprietary native APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScriptC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesView functions in JavaScriptnoR packages
Triggersyes infoEventsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoReplicated MapnoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyes 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 methodsyesyesnoyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID
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.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnoyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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