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DBMS > RavenDB vs. Realm vs. SQL.JS vs. SWC-DB vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison RavenDB vs. Realm vs. SQL.JS vs. SWC-DB vs. TerarkDB

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NameRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataPort of SQLite to JavaScriptA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMSWide column storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score2.92
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websiteravendb.netrealm.iosql.js.orggithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
github.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationravendb.net/­docsrealm.io/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperHibernating RhinosRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersAlex KashirinByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20102014201220202016
Current release5.4, July 20220.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC#JavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (RQL)noyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
JavaScriptC++C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynonono
Triggersyesyes infoChange Listenersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoIn-Memory realmyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseyesnono

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