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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. Realm vs. TypeDB

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Realm vs. TypeDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataTypeDB provides developers with an expressive, customizable type system to manage their data using an award-winning query language, TypeQL, while building on a high-performance, distributed architecture.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeGraph DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the graph database model.
Object oriented DBMS infoThe data model of TypeDB comprises object-oriented features such as class inheritance and interfaces.
Relational DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the relational database model.
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.14
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
#147  Relational DBMS
Score6.80
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.59
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#10  Object oriented DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphrealm.iotypedb.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationrealm.io/­docstypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Vaticle
Initial release201620142016
Current release2.1, December 20182.28.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageCJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnono
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (IDE)
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
All JVM based languages
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersnoyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneno
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSynchronous replication via raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress

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