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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. BigObject vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Elasticsearch

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. BigObject vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. Elasticsearch

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonElasticsearch  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.A distributed, RESTful modern search and analytics engine based on Apache Lucene infoElasticsearch lets you perform and combine many types of searches such as structured, unstructured, geo, and metric
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedWide column storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Vector 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
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score5.80
Rank#60  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score135.35
Rank#7  Overall
#1  Search engines
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphbigobject.iowww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisewww.elastic.co/­elasticsearch
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.bigobject.iodocs.datastax.comwww.elastic.co/­guide/­en/­elasticsearch/­reference/­current/­index.html
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.BigObject, Inc.DataStaxElastic
Initial release2016201520112010
Current release2.1, December 20186.8, April 20208.6, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoElastic License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCJavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesschema-freeschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistent
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Groovy
Community Contributed Clients
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesLuanoyes
Triggersnonoyesyes infoby using the 'percolation' feature
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneSharding infono "single point of failure"Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesES-Hadoop Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Eventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesMemcached and Redis integration
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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AgensGraphBigObjectDatastax EnterpriseElasticsearch
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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