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System Properties Comparison LokiJS vs. SurrealDB vs. YottaDB

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NameLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSsurrealdb.comyottadb.com
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSsurrealdb.com/­docsyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperSurrealDB LtdYottaDB, LLC
Initial release201420222001
Current releasev1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptRustC
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesno
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.nono
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScript
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
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.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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