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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. Amazon DocumentDB vs. FoundationDB vs. IBM Db2 vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Amazon DocumentDB vs. FoundationDB vs. IBM Db2 vs. TinkerGraph

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon DocumentDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLFast, scalable, highly available, and fully managed MongoDB-compatible database serviceOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Common in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Relational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score1.91
Rank#132  Overall
#24  Document stores
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphaws.amazon.com/­documentdbgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2tinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationaws.amazon.com/­documentdb/­resourcesapple.github.io/­foundationdbwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.FoundationDBIBM
Initial release2016201920131983 infohost version2009
Current release2.1, December 20186.2.28, November 202012.1, October 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree version is availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageCC++C and C++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno infosome layers support typingyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnosupported in specific SQL layer onlyyesno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
proprietary protocol using JSON (MongoDB compatible)ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoin SQL-layer onlyyesno
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneShardingSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux Versionnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-availability zones for high availability, asynchronous replication for up to 15 read replicasyesyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infomay be implemented via Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR)nonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infotypically not used, however similar functionality with DBRef possiblein SQL-layer onlyyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic single-document operationsACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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