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System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. DataFS vs. Datomic vs. EsgynDB vs. TinkerGraph

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelSearch engineObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score1.85
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchnewdatabase.comwww.datomic.comwww.esgyn.cntinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.datomic.com
DeveloperAmazonMobiland AGCognitectEsgyn
Initial release20122018201220152009
Current release1.1.263, October 20221.0.6735, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC++, JavaJava
Server operating systemshostedWindowsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexednoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyesno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
Clojure
Java
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetGroovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction FunctionsJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedBy using transaction functionsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredProprietary Sharding systemnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesWindows-Profilenofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno

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