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DBMS > jBASE vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison jBASE vs. LokiJS vs. PouchDB vs. SwayDB

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NamejBASE  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareIn-memory JavaScript DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument storeDocument storeKey-value store
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Score1.43
Rank#160  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.35
Rank#116  Overall
#22  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#373  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Websitewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSpouchdb.comswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9techfort.github.io/­LokiJSpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Apache Software FoundationSimer Plaha
Initial release1991201420122018
Current release5.77.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptScala
Server operating systemsAIX
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptionalnonono
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JavaScript APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
JavaScriptJavaScriptJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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.yes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnonono

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