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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Apache Drill vs. ArangoDB vs. Kinetica vs. Realm

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Relational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphdrill.apache.orgarangodb.comwww.kinetica.comrealm.io
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.arangodb.comdocs.kinetica.comrealm.io/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Apache Software FoundationArangoDB Inc.KineticaRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20162012201220122014
Current release2.1, December 20181.20.3, January 20233.11.5, November 20237.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++C, C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C++C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsJavaScriptuser defined functionsno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnononoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingSharding infosince version 2.0Shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noDepending on the underlying data sourceyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourceyesAccess rights for users and roles on table levelyes
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AgensGraphApache DrillArangoDBKineticaRealm
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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