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DBMS > IBM Cloudant vs. LokiJS vs. OpenEdge vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison IBM Cloudant vs. LokiJS vs. OpenEdge vs. Rockset

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NameIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBIn-memory JavaScript DBMSApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.progress.com/­openedgerockset.com
Technical documentationcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudanttechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Progress Software CorporationRockset
Initial release2010201419842019
Current releaseOpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageErlangJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesdynamic typing
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.nonoyesno infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoclose to SQL 92Read-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP/JSON APIJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScriptProgress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4Automatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a document possibleno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic lockingyesyes
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenoUsers and groupsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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