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DBMS > HyperSQL vs. LokiJS vs. Sequoiadb vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. LokiJS vs. Sequoiadb vs. YottaDB

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBIn-memory JavaScript DBMSNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitehsqldb.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.sequoiadb.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperSequoiadb Ltd.YottaDB, LLC
Initial release2001201420132001
Current release2.7.2, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC++C
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxDocker
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query languageby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIproprietary protocol using JSONPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
JavaScript.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLView functions in JavaScriptJavaScript
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleDocument is locked during a transactionoptimistic locking
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.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnosimple password-based access controlUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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