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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. BaseX vs. TerminusDB vs. TigerGraph vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. BaseX vs. TerminusDB vs. TigerGraph vs. VelocityDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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.Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Native XML DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF 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
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphbasex.orgterminusdb.comwww.tigergraph.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.basex.orgterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#docs.tigergraph.comvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.BaseX GmbHDataChemist Ltd.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release20162007201820172011
Current release2.1, December 201810.7, August 202311.0.0, January 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoGPL V3commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaProlog, RustC++C#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)SQL-like query language (GSQL)no
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.Net
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Actionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
JavaScript
Python
C++
Java
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesyesno
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDmultiple readers, single writerACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyesyes
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 levelsRole-based access controlRole-based access controlBased on Windows Authentication

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