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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. BigchainDB vs. Datomic vs. GBase vs. TimesTen

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. BigchainDB vs. Datomic vs. GBase vs. TimesTen

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  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 assetsDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.In-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational 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
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.bigchaindb.comwww.datomic.comwww.gbase.cnwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.datomic.comdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.CognitectGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Oracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20162016201220041998
Current release2.1, December 20181.0.6735, June 2023GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c11 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3commercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCPythonJava, ClojureC, Java, Python
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoStandard with numerous extensionsyes
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
C#C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined functionsPL/SQL
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peershorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factornone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesnoyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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