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DBMS > gStore vs. LokiJS vs. MonetDB vs. Quasardb vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison gStore vs. LokiJS vs. MonetDB vs. Quasardb vs. Transbase

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NamegStore  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.In-memory JavaScript DBMSA relational database management system that stores data in columnsDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.14
Rank#342  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
#16  RDF stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websiteen.gstore.cngithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.monetdb.orgquasar.aiwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­masterwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperMonetDB BVquasardbTransaction Software GmbH
Initial release20162014200420091987
Current release1.2, November 2023Dec2023 (11.49), December 20233.14.1, January 2024Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSDOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptCC++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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 indexesyes infovia viewsyesyes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
JavaScript APIJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
JavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Rnoyes
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding via remote tablesSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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 LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTransient modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportednofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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