DBMS > AgensGraph vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Datomic vs. RocksDB vs. UniData,UniVerse

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. Datomic vs. RocksDB vs. UniData,UniVerse

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Name

Description

Multi-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQL

An online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on Greenplum

Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durability

Embeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)

MultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilities

Primary database model

Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS

Relational DBMS

Key-value store

Multivalue DBMS

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Trend Chart

Score	0.23
Rank	#315	Overall
	#26	Graph DBMS
	#140	Relational DBMS

Score	0.76
Rank	#220	Overall
	#102	Relational DBMS

Score	1.66
Rank	#144	Overall
	#66	Relational DBMS

Score	3.41
Rank	#86	Overall
	#11	Key-value stores

Score	2.85
Rank	#98	Overall
	#1	Multivalue DBMS

Website

bitnine.net/agensgraph

www.alibabacloud.com/product/hybriddb-postgresql

www.datomic.com

rocksdb.org

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-unidata

Technical documentation

bitnine.net/documentation

www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/analyticdb-for-postgresql/latest/product-introduction-overview

docs.datomic.com

github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki

docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidata

Developer

Bitnine Global Inc.

Alibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development Group

Cognitect

Facebook, Inc.

Rocket Software

Initial release

2016

2012

2013

1985

Current release

2.1, December 2018

1.0.7075, December 2023

9.2.1, May 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License 2.0

commercial

limited edition free

Open Source

BSD

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

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Implementation language

Java, Clojure

C++

Server operating systems

Linux
OS X
Windows

hosted

All OS with a Java VM

Linux

AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows

Data scheme

depending on used data model

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

optional

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

APIs and other access methods

Cypher Query Language
JDBC

JDBC
ODBC

RESTful HTTP API

C++ API
Java API

Java API

JPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

Supported programming languages

C
Java
JavaScript
Python

C
Java
Perl
Python
R

Clojure
Java

C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby

.Net
Basic

U2 Basic
C
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Transaction Functions

yes

Triggers

yes

By using transaction functions

yes

U2 Basic

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

no, but can be realized using table inheritance

Sharding

Implicit feature of the cloud service

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

horizontal partitioning

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Source-replica replication

yes

Implicit feature of the cloud service

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

yes

Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

yes

ACID

configurable

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

using external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

recommended only for testing and development

yes

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

Access rights according to SQL-standard and operating system based

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