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System Properties Comparison Apache Ignite vs. GridGain vs. TerminusDB

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NameApache Ignite  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Columnar
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.99
Rank#86  Overall
#12  Key-value stores
#47  Relational DBMS
Score1.32
Rank#156  Overall
#1  Columnar
#26  Key-value stores
#2  Object oriented DBMS
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.15
Rank#329  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Websiteignite.apache.orgwww.gridgain.comterminusdb.com
Technical documentationapacheignite.readme.io/­docswww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGridGain Systems, Inc.DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release201520072018
Current release2.16.0, December 2023GridGain 8.5.111.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial, open sourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC++, Java, .NetJava, C++, .Net, Python, REST, SQLProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)yes (cache interceptors and events)yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)yes (replicated cache)Journaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)yes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsRole-based access control
Security Hooks for custom implementations
Role-based access control

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