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DBMS > LokiJS vs. OpenEdge vs. PostgreSQL vs. Rockset vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison LokiJS vs. OpenEdge vs. PostgreSQL vs. Rockset vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonPostgreSQL  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory JavaScript DBMSApplication development environment with integrated database management systemWidely used open source RDBMS infoDeveloped as objectoriented DBMS (Postgres), gradually enhanced with 'standards' like SQLA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infowith object oriented extensions, e.g.: user defined types/functions and inheritance. Handling of key/value pairs with hstore module.Document storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS infowith Apache Age
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS infowith pgvector extension
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score645.54
Rank#4  Overall
#4  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#13  Vector DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.progress.com/­openedgewww.postgresql.orgrockset.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestwww.postgresql.org/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperProgress Software CorporationPostgreSQL Global Development Group infowww.postgresql.org/­developerRockset
Initial release201419841989 info1989: Postgres, 1996: PostgreSQL20192023
Current releaseOpenEdge 12.2, March 202016.3, May 20241.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSDcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesdynamic typingVector, Numeric and String
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.noyesyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.no infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsyesyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoclose to SQL 92yes infostandard with numerous extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
HTTP RESTRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptProgress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language).Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptyesuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.nono
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4partitioning by range, list and (since PostgreSQL 11) by hashAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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