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System Properties Comparison Ignite vs. InfluxDB vs. LokiJS vs. OrientDB vs. YugabyteDB

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NameIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.DBMS for storing time series, events and metricsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)High-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score2.63
Rank#109  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websiteignite.apache.orgwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSorientdb.orgwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationapacheignite.readme.io/­docsdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperApache Software FoundationOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPYugabyte Inc.
Initial release20152013201420102017
Current releaseApache Ignite 2.62.7.6, April 20243.2.29, March 20242.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, Java, .NetGoJavaScriptJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
OS X
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")depending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data and Stringsnoyesyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like query language, no joinsyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
JavaScript APITinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
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#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)noView functions in JavaScriptJava, Javascriptyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)noyesHooksyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneShardingHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneMulti-source replicationBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)noyesno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes inforelationship in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyes infoDepending on used storage engineyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationssimple rights management via user accountsnoAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableyes
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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