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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. BigchainDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. RDFox vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. BigchainDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. RDFox vs. SurrealDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  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 assetsCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.High performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score13.64
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.bigchaindb.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.oxfordsemantic.techsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.oxfordsemantic.techsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Google infoacquired by Google 2014Oxford Semantic TechnologiesSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20162016201220172022
Current release2.1, December 20186.0, Septermber 2022v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3commercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCPythonC++Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeyes infoRDF schemasschema-free
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
C
Java
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'
TriggersnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factorreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesyes, based on authentication and database rulesRoles, resources, and access typesyes, based on authentication and database rules

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