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DBMS > Aerospike vs. Blazegraph vs. Datomic vs. EsgynDB vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Aerospike vs. Blazegraph vs. Datomic vs. EsgynDB vs. LokiJS

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NameAerospike infopreviously called Citrusleaf  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.
DescriptionFlash-optimized In-memory NoSQL DatabaseHigh-performance graph database supporting Semantic Web (RDF/SPARQL) and Graph Database (tinkerpop3, blueprints, vertex-centric) APIs with scale-out and High Availability.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS infoleveraging Apache Tinkerpop
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
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Score5.78
Rank#61  Overall
#11  Document stores
#3  Graph DBMS
#7  Key-value stores
#2  Spatial DBMS
Score0.75
Rank#219  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websiteaerospike.comblazegraph.comwww.datomic.comwww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdocs.aerospike.comwiki.blazegraph.comdocs.datomic.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTube
DeveloperAerospikeBlazegraphCognitectEsgyn
Initial release20122006201220152014
Current release7.0, November 20232.1.5, March 20191.0.6735, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache and AGPL Licenses; open sourced in June 2014; commercial Enterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoextended commercial license availablecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaJava, ClojureC++, JavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoRDF literal typesyesyesno
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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSPARQL is used as query languagenoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol
TinkerPop Gremlin
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infowith Luayesyes infoTransaction FunctionsJava Stored ProceduresView functions in JavaScript
TriggersnonoBy using transaction functionsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoAerospike Aggregation Framework is similar to Map/Reducenonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency in cross-datacenter configuration and Immediate Consistency in local cluster configurationImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in Graphsnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of operationsACIDACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles infowith Enterprise Edition onlySecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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Aerospike infopreviously called CitrusleafBlazegraphDatomicEsgynDBLokiJS
Specific characteristicsAerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution delivering predictable...
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Competitive advantagesOptimized for use with SSDs (solid-state hard drives) Scales horizontally and vertically...
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Typical application scenariosAerospike excels in mission-critical applications that have mixed read/write workloads...
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Key customersNielsen, Williams-Sonoma, Inmobi, AppNexus, Telco (confidential), Financial Services...
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Market metricsAerospike's combination of speed, scalability, and reliability delivers 10x performance...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSubscription-based Enterprise Edition and free, open-source Community Edition
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