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DBMS > InfinityDB vs. LokiJS vs. OpenSearch vs. PouchDB

System Properties Comparison InfinityDB vs. LokiJS vs. OpenSearch vs. PouchDB

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NameInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDB
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeSearch engineDocument store
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score16.36
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Websiteboilerbay.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
pouchdb.com
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSopensearch.org/­docs/­latestpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperBoiler Bay Inc.Amazon Web ServicesApache Software Foundation
Initial release2002201420212012
Current release4.02.5.0, January 20237.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysnoyesno
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
Secondary indexesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes infovia viewsyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JavaScript APIJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptyesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyesyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyesMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDnoneEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenono
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 infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backend
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonono
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InfinityDBLokiJSOpenSearchPouchDB
Specific characteristicsOpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesDistributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosThe OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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Licensing and pricing modelsThe OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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