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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. BigchainDB vs. Citus vs. Ehcache vs. eXtremeDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonCitus  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clustering
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score2.15
Rank#117  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.bigchaindb.comwww.citusdata.comwww.ehcache.orgwww.mcobject.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.citusdata.comwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htm
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Terracotta Inc, owned by Software AGMcObject
Initial release20162016201020092001
Current release2.1, December 20188.1, December 20183.10.0, March 20228.2, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCPythonCJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 functionalitynono infosupport of XML interfaces available
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsnoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQL
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JCache.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.noyes
Triggersnoyesyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoby defining events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverhorizontal partitioning / sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factorSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsyes infoby using Terracotta ServerActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies available
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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