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DBMS > InfinityDB vs. SQL.JS vs. SwayDB vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison InfinityDB vs. SQL.JS vs. SwayDB vs. YottaDB

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NameInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfacePort of SQLite to JavaScriptAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websiteboilerbay.comsql.js.orgswaydb.simer.auyottadb.com
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperBoiler Bay Inc.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersSimer PlahaYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2002201220182001
Current release4.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptScalaC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Docker
Linux
Data schemeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesnono
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 indexesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportednoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JavaScript APIPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaScriptJava
Kotlin
Scala
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDAtomic execution of operationsoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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