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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. ArcadeDB vs. BigObject vs. Dgraph

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. ArcadeDB vs. BigObject vs. Dgraph

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Relational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.02
Rank#366  Overall
#50  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#53  Key-value stores
#36  Time Series DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgarcadedb.combigobject.iodgraph.io
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.arcadedb.comdocs.bigobject.iodgraph.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationArcade DataBigObject, Inc.Dgraph Labs, Inc.
Initial release2012202120152016
Current release1.20.3, January 2023September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++JavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsLuano
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSynchronous replication via Raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationship in graphsyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenono infoPlanned for future releases

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