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System Properties Comparison PouchDB vs. STSdb vs. SurrealDB

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NamePouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
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Score2.35
Rank#116  Overall
#22  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score0.91
Rank#204  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitepouchdb.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4surrealdb.com
Technical documentationpouchdb.com/­guidessurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SCSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release201220112022
Current release7.1.1, June 20194.0.8, September 2015v1.1.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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.no
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
.NET Client APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Java
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes, based on authentication and database rules

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