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System Properties Comparison AllegroGraph vs. Apache Druid vs. Couchbase vs. Quasardb

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NameAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonCouchbase infoOriginally called Membase  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataA distributed document store with integrated cache, a powerful search engine, in-built operational and analytical capabilities, and an embedded mobile databaseDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSKey-value store infooriginating from the former Membase product and supporting the Memcached protocol
Spatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extension
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.16
Rank#179  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#7  Vector DBMS
Score3.29
Rank#95  Overall
#49  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score18.46
Rank#36  Overall
#5  Document stores
Score0.19
Rank#327  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Websiteallegrograph.comdruid.apache.orgwww.couchbase.comquasar.ai
Technical documentationfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmldruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.couchbase.comdoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperFranz Inc.Apache Software Foundation and contributorsCouchbase, Inc.quasardb
Initial release2004201220112009
Current release8.0, December 202329.0.1, April 2024Server: 7.2, June 2023; Mobile: 3.1, March 2022; Couchbase Capella (DBaaS), June 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoBusiness Source License (BSL 1.1); Commercial licenses also availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++, Go and ErlangC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF schemasyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.no infobulk load of XML files possiblenono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL is used as query languageSQL for queryingSQL++, extends ANSI SQL to JSON for operational, transactional, and analytic use casesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
CLI Client
HTTP REST
Kafka Connector
Native language bindings for CRUD, Query, Search and Analytics APIs
Spark Connector
Spring Data
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Kotlin
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoJavaScript or Common LispnoFunctions and timers in JavaScript and UDFs in Java, Python, SQL++no
Triggersyesnoyes infovia the TAP protocolno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeswith FederationSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedAutomatic ShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesMulti-source replication infoincluding cross data center replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyeswith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoselectable on a per-operation basis
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes infoEphemeral bucketsyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemUser and Administrator separation with password-based and LDAP integrated Authentication. Role-base access control.Cryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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AllegroGraphApache DruidCouchbase infoOriginally called MembaseQuasardb
Specific characteristicsKnowledge Graph Platform Leader FedShard - Designed for Entity-Event Knowledge Graph...
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Competitive advantagesAllegroGraph is uniquely suited to support adhoc queries through SPARQL, Prolog and...
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