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DBMS > IBM Cloudant vs. LokiJS vs. PieCloudDB vs. RRDtool

System Properties Comparison IBM Cloudant vs. LokiJS vs. PieCloudDB vs. RRDtool

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NameIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.85
Rank#95  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score0.37
Rank#271  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Score1.70
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.openpie.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool
Technical documentationcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudanttechfort.github.io/­LokiJSoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­doc
DeveloperIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014OpenPieTobias Oetiker
Initial release201020141999
Current release2.1, January 20231.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSS
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageErlangJavaScriptC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# available
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedHP-UX
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesNumeric data only
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.nonono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possible
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP/JSON APIJavaScript APICLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
in-process shared library
Pipes
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScriptJava
PL/SQL
Python
R
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
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 infoby using the rrdcached daemon
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenoUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standardno
More information provided by the system vendor
IBM CloudantLokiJSPieCloudDBRRDtool
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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Licensing and pricing modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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