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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Derby vs. EXASOL vs. FoundationDB vs. JaguarDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.High-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Performant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applications
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Key-value store
Vector 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
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#381  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
#14  Vector DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphdb.apache.org/­derbywww.exasol.comgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.jaguardb.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.exasol.com/­resourcesapple.github.io/­foundationdbwww.jaguardb.com/­support.html
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Apache Software FoundationExasolFoundationDBDataJaguar, Inc.
Initial release20161997200020132015
Current release2.1, December 201810.17.1.0, November 20236.2.28, November 20203.3 July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaC++C++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languages
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno infosome layers support typingyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyessupported in specific SQL layer onlyA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBC.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaJava
Lua
Python
R
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsin SQL-layer onlyno
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyesMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesin SQL-layer onlyno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardnorights management via user accounts

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