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DBMS > LokiJS vs. Sadas Engine vs. SurrealDB vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison LokiJS vs. Sadas Engine vs. SurrealDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory JavaScript DBMSSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.sadasengine.comsurrealdb.comterminusdb.com
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationsurrealdb.com/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperSADAS s.r.l.SurrealDB LtdDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2014200620222018
Current release8.0v1.5.0, May 202411.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Sourcecommercial infofree trial version availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++RustProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptnoyes
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID
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.yesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rulesRole-based access control

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