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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Altibase vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. PostGIS vs. TigerGraph

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilitySpatial extension of PostgreSQLA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphaltibase.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irispostgis.netwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clspostgis.net/­documentationdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.AltibaseInterSystems
Initial release20161999201820052017
Current release2.1, December 2018v7.3, 2023, August 20232023.3, June 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++CC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesdepending on used data modelyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesANSI SQL-92yesyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C++
Java
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesstored procedures and stored functionsyesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersnoyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLRole-based access control
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