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NameLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory JavaScript DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelDocument storeGraph DBMS
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Score0.36
Rank#269  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.54
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmemgraph.com
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmemgraph.com/­docs
DeveloperMemgraph Ltd
Initial release20142017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers, roles and permissions

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