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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. Apache Drill vs. BigchainDB vs. Hyprcubd vs. Postgres-XL

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Apache Drill vs. BigchainDB vs. Hyprcubd vs. Postgres-XL

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyprcubd  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparison
Hyprcubd seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsServerless Time Series DBMSBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphdrill.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comhyprcubd.com (offline)www.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Apache Software FoundationHyprcubd, Inc.
Initial release2016201220162014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release2.1, December 20181.20.3, January 202310 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageCPythonGoC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxhostedLinux
macOS
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes infotime, int, uint, float, stringyes
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.nonononoyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like query languageyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC (https)ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C++Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnouser defined functions
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noDepending on the underlying data sourcenono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourceyestoken accessfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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