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System Properties Comparison AntDB vs. ArangoDB vs. Manticore Search vs. RDF4J

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NameAntDB  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scalable, multi-tenant, MPP-architectured RDBMS for OLTP and OLAP operations, highly compatible with OracleNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Multi-storage database for search, including full-text search.RDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Search engineRDF store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
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Score0.25
Rank#303  Overall
#137  Relational DBMS
Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitewww.asiainfo.com/­en_us/­product_aisware_antdb_detail.htmlarangodb.commanticoresearch.comrdf4j.org
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.commanual.manticoresearch.comrdf4j.org/­documentation
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperAsiaInfo Technologies LimitedArangoDB Inc.Manticore SoftwareSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release201220172004
Current release3.11.5, November 20236.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionFixed schemayes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.Can index from XML
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL2016 compliantnoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MySQL protocol compliant
ODBC
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptuser defined functionsyes
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0Sharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorSynchronous replication based on Galera librarynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnono
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AntDBArangoDBManticore SearchRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame
Specific characteristicsAntDB was initiated in 2008. On the core system of operators, AntDB provides online...
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Graph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesHTAP mixed load: AntDB is a universal, enterprise-level distributed relational database,...
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Consolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosAs the core software of large enterprise, AntDB supports multi-scenario deployment....
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Native multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersChina Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Aeon Life, China Mobile Tietong, CITIC...
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Cisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsMore than 1 billion subscribers in 24 provinces across China are served by AntDB...
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ArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCertificates and licenses CMMI5 Certificate licensed by CMMI Institute IT Product...
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Very permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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