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System Properties Comparison gStore vs. Heroic vs. LokiJS vs. Realm vs. YugabyteDB

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NamegStore  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Time Series DBMSDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
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Score0.14
Rank#342  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
#16  RDF stores
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score2.63
Rank#109  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websiteen.gstore.cngithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSrealm.iowww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsspotify.github.io/­heroictechfort.github.io/­LokiJSrealm.io/­docsdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperSpotifyRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Yugabyte Inc.
Initial release20162014201420142017
Current release1.2, November 20232.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freeschema-freeyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononoyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
JavaScript APIJDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
JavaScript.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoView functions in JavaScriptno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersnoyesyes infoChange Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnonenoneBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
noneImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
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.yesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportednoyesyes
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gStoreHeroicLokiJSRealmYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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