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Name

Description

Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript

A concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet

Cloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.

YTsaurus is an open source platform for distributed storage and processing.

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Key-value store

Relational DBMS

Column oriented

Document store
Key-value store

Secondary database models

Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS

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Score	0.33
Rank	#286	Overall
	#131	Relational DBMS

Score	0.07
Rank	#372	Overall
	#57	Key-value stores

Score	10.06
Rank	#42	Overall
	#26	Relational DBMS

Score	0.21
Rank	#324	Overall
	#45	Document stores
	#48	Key-value stores

Website

google.github.io/lovefield

dbmx.net/tkrzw

www.vertica.com

ytsaurus.tech

Technical documentation

github.com/google/lovefield/blob/master/docs/spec_index.md

vertica.com/documentation

ytsaurus.tech/docs/en

Developer

Google

Mikio Hirabayashi

OpenText

previously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard

Yandex

Initial release

2014

2020

2005

2023

Current release

2.1.12, February 2017

0.9.3, August 2020

12.0.3, January 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

Limited community edition free

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

on-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers

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Implementation language

JavaScript

C++

Server operating systems

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

tested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari

Linux
macOS

Linux

Ubuntu

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Yes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

No Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language

via JavaScript builder pattern

Full 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.

YQL, an SQL-based language, is supported

APIs and other access methods

ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL

character-based, interactive, front-end utility

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

C++
Java
Python
Ruby

C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R

C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences

Triggers

Using read-only observers

yes, called Custom Alerts

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

horizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Multi-source replication

One, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Bi-directional Spark integration

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

using MemoryDB

yes

using specific database classes

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

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Licensing and pricing models

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