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DBMS > Lovefield vs. Snowflake vs. SQream DB vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison Lovefield vs. Snowflake vs. SQream DB vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured dataa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloadsA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score130.36
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Score1.23
Rank#172  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Websitegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.snowflake.comsqream.comvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.sqream.comdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperGoogleSnowflake Computing Inc.SQream TechnologiesVictoriaMetrics
Initial release2014201420172018
Current release2.1.12, February 20172022.1.6, December 2022v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, ScalaGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafarihostedLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeyesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functions in Pythonno
TriggersUsing read-only observersno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resourcesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyeshorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesnoneSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDBnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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