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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. EsgynDB vs. FoundationDB vs. Ignite vs. SurrealDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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 PostgreSQLEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.A fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph 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
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbignite.apache.orgsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbapacheignite.readme.io/­docssurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.EsgynFoundationDBApache Software FoundationSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20162015201320152022
Current release2.1, December 20186.2.28, November 2020Apache Ignite 2.6v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++, JavaC++C++, Java, .NetRust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno infosome layers support typingyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyessupported in specific SQL layer onlyANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresin SQL-layer onlyyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)
Triggersnononoyes (cache interceptors and events)
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyesyes (replicated cache)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesin SQL-layer onlyno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsyes, based on authentication and database rules

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