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System Properties Comparison AllegroGraph vs. BigObject vs. BoltDB vs. LokiJS vs. ScyllaDB

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NameAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesAn embedded key-value store for Go.In-memory JavaScript DBMSCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelDocument store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedKey-value storeDocument storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSKey-value store
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Score1.13
Rank#179  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websiteallegrograph.combigobject.iogithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmldocs.bigobject.iotechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperFranz Inc.BigObject, Inc.ScyllaDB
Initial release20042015201320142015
Current release8.0, December 2023ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyes infoRDF schemasyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoyes
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 possiblenononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infovia viewsyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL is used as query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
GoJavaScriptFor CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoJavaScript or Common LispLuanoView functions in JavaScriptyes, Lua
Triggersyesnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeswith FederationnonenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenonenoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnonenonenoneEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyesno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationnononoAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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AllegroGraphBigObjectBoltDBLokiJSScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsKnowledge Graph Platform Leader FedShard - Designed for Entity-Event Knowledge Graph...
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ScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesAllegroGraph is uniquely suited to support adhoc queries through SPARQL, Prolog and...
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Highly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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