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Difference between PouchDB and MariaDB

Last Updated : 26 Jun, 2020
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1. PouchDB :
PouchDB is an open-source, NoSQL, in-line database. It is designed after CouchDB, which is a NoSQL database that powers npm. It is written in JavaScript language. There is no need to perform queries over the network as PouchDB resides inside the browser and thus it makes it extremely faster. It stores data locally using IndexedDB and WebSQL in the browser.

2. MariaDB :
MariaDB is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS) that is a compatible drop-in replacement for the widely used MySQL database technology. It is developed by MariaDB Foundation and initially released on 29 October 2009. MariaDB has a significantly high number of new features, which makes it better in terms of performance and user-orientation than MySQL.


Difference between PouchDB and MariaDB :

SR.NO PouchDB MariaDB
1. It is developed by Apache Software Foundation. It is developed by MariaDB Foundation.
2. It was released in 2012. It was released on 29 October 2009.
3. PouchDB server operating systems are server-less, require a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js). MariaDB server operating systems are FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris and Windows.
4. It is written using Javascript language. It is written in C, C++, Perl and Bash languages.
5. It is free of data schema. It supports dynamic columns data schema.
6. It provides us with Eventual Consistency method to ensure consistency in a distributed system. It provides us with Immediate Consistency method to ensure consistency in a distributed system.
7. It does not provide the concept of Referential Integrity and hence does not have Foreign Keys. It provides the concept of Referential Integrity and has Foreign Keys.
8. It has no predefined datatypes. It has predefined datatypes such as float, date, number, etc.


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