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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. GeoMesa vs. SwayDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.An embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
RDF storeSpatial DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score3.75
Rank#84  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.orgswaydb.simer.auterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsCCRi and othersSimer PlahaDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20122000201420182018
Current release1.20.3, January 20234.9.0, July 20235.0.0, May 202411.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaScalaProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoRDF Schemasyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 indexesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnononoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Fuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesC++JavaJava
Kotlin
Scala
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesnonoyes
Triggersnoyes infovia event handlernonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedepending on storage layernoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layernoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoTDB TransactionsnoAtomic execution of operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcedepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess control via Jena Securityyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoRole-based access control

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