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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. FoundationDB vs. Graphite vs. Spark SQL vs. XTDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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 PostgreSQLOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webspark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbgraphite.readthedocs.iospark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.FoundationDBChris DavisApache Software FoundationJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20162013200620142019
Current release2.1, December 20186.2.28, November 20203.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC++PythonScalaClojure
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingNumeric data onlyyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnononoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyessupported in specific SQL layer onlynoSQL-like DML and DDL statementslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
HTTP API
Sockets
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesin SQL-layer onlynonono
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingnoneyes, utilizing Spark Corenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesnonenoneyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesin SQL-layer onlynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infolockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonono

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