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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. Apache Cassandra vs. BigchainDB vs. Citus vs. GeoSpock

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Apache Cassandra vs. BigchainDB vs. Citus vs. GeoSpock

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonCitus  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scale
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5Document storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.17
Rank#320  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score98.94
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.76
Rank#216  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score2.13
Rank#117  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphcassandra.apache.orgwww.bigchaindb.comwww.citusdata.comgeospock.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.citusdata.com
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookGeoSpock
Initial release2016200820162010
Current release2.1, December 20185.0-rc1, July 20248.1, December 20182.0, September 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageCJavaPythonCJava, Javascript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxhosted
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.nononoyes infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionalityno
Secondary indexesyesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyestemporal, categorical
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)noyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.no
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceSharding infono "single point of failure"ShardingShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleselectable replication factorSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensions
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per table
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AgensGraphApache CassandraBigchainDBCitusGeoSpock
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Market metricsApache Cassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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