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DBMS > PouchDB vs. STSdb vs. SurrealDB vs. SwayDB vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison PouchDB vs. STSdb vs. SurrealDB vs. SwayDB vs. TigerGraph

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NamePouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  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 DBMSAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value storeGraph DBMS
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Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitepouchdb.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4surrealdb.comswaydb.simer.auwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationpouchdb.com/­guidessurrealdb.com/­docsdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SCSurrealDB LtdSimer Plaha
Initial release20122011202220182017
Current release7.1.1, June 20194.0.8, September 2015v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#RustScalaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yesnoyes
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 viewsnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
.NET Client APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Java
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Java
Kotlin
Scala
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptnonoyes
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
nonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDAtomic execution of operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoyes, based on authentication and database rulesnoRole-based access control

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