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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. BaseX vs. BigchainDB vs. Citus vs. LokiJS

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonCitus  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.BigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Native XML DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score2.21
Rank#118  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphbasex.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.citusdata.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.basex.orgbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.citusdata.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.BaseX GmbH
Initial release20162007201620102014
Current release2.1, December 201810.7, August 20238.1, December 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaPythonCJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesnoyesno
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.nonoyes infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionalityno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Actionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.View functions in JavaScript
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneselectable replication factorSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDmultiple readers, single writerACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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