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System Properties Comparison AllegroGraph vs. Oracle Rdb vs. OrientDB vs. QuestDB vs. SwayDB

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NameAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.84
Rank#204  Overall
#35  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#10  Vector DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#88  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
Score2.81
Rank#98  Overall
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#384  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websiteallegrograph.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlorientdb.orgquestdb.ioswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmlwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperFranz Inc.Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPQuestDB Technology IncSimer Plaha
Initial release20041984201020142018
Current release8.0, December 20237.4.1.1, 20213.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustScala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
HP Open VMSAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF schemasFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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 indexesyesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL is used as query languageyesSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL with time-series extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesC#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoJavaScript or Common LispJava, Javascriptnono
TriggersyesHooksnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeswith FederationShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistencynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes inforelationship in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes, on a single nodeACIDACID for single-table writesAtomic execution of operations
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 infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableno
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