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DBMS > LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. RavenDB vs. SAP IQ vs. Teradata Aster

System Properties Comparison LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. RavenDB vs. SAP IQ vs. Teradata Aster

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NameLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionIn-memory JavaScript DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsPlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and types
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpouchdb.comravendb.netwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSpouchdb.com/­guidesravendb.net/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperApache Software FoundationHibernating RhinosSAP, formerly SybaseTeradata
Initial release20142012201019942005
Current release7.1.1, June 20195.4, July 202216.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptC#
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Store
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenononoyesyes
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.nononoyes infoin Aster File Store
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsyes infovia viewsyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (RQL)yesyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScript.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptyesyesR packages
Triggersyesyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Multi-source replicationSAP/Sybase Replication Serveryes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesyesHadoop integrationyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Framework
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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 infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAuthorization levels configured per client per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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