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System Properties Comparison InfluxDB vs. LokiJS vs. Memcached vs. Spark SQL

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NameInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score25.83
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.memcached.orgspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikispark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalApache Software Foundation
Initial release2013201420032014
Current release2.7.6, April 20241.6.25, March 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptCScala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and Stringsnonoyes
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 indexesnoyes infovia viewsnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenonoSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JSON over UDP
JavaScript APIProprietary protocolJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptnono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoin enterprise version onlynonenoneyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynonenone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallitynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.noyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoDepending on used storage engineyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accountsnoyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolno
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InfluxDBLokiJSMemcachedSpark SQL
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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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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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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