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DBMS > Kinetica vs. LokiJS vs. Rockset vs. Spark SQL

System Properties Comparison Kinetica vs. LokiJS vs. Rockset vs. Spark SQL

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NameKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.kinetica.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSrockset.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationdocs.kinetica.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.rockset.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperKineticaRocksetApache Software Foundation
Initial release2012201420192014
Current release7.1, August 20213.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageC, C++JavaScriptC++Scala
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnodynamic typingyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIHTTP RESTJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptnono
Triggersyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneAutomatic shardingyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
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.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles on table levelnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno

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