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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Derby vs. GraphDB vs. Quasardb

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIM  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Enterprise-ready RDF and graph database with efficient reasoning, cluster and external index synchronization support. It supports also SQL JDBC access to Knowledge Graph and GraphQL over SPARQL.Distributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Time Series DBMS
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Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#91  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
#4  RDF stores
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgdb.apache.org/­derbywww.ontotext.comquasar.ai
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlgraphdb.ontotext.com/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­master
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeGitHubMedium
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software FoundationOntotextquasardb
Initial release2018199720002009
Current release1.1.0, April 202310.17.1.0, November 202310.4, October 20233.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2commercial infoSome plugins of GraphDB Workbench are open sourcedcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support; RDF shapesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binary
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes, supports real-time synchronization and indexing in SOLR/Elastic search/Lucene and GeoSPARQL geometry data indexesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesstored SPARQL accessed as SQL using Apache Calcite through JDBC/ODBCSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
JDBCGeoSPARQL
GraphQL
GraphQL Federation
Java API
JDBC
RDF4J API
RDFS
RIO
Sail API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL 1.1
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
Java.Net
C#
Clojure
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Procedureswell-defined plugin interfaces; JavaScript server-side extensibilityno
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)nonenoneSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknonowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency, Eventual consistency (configurable in cluster mode per master or individual client request)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoConstraint checkingno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDefault Basic authentication through RDF4J client, or via Java when run with cURL, default token-based in the Workbench or via Rest API, optional access through OpenID or Kerberos single sign-on.Cryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache IoTDBDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIMQuasardb
Specific characteristicsOntotext GraphDB is a semantic database engine that allows organizations to build...
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Competitive advantagesGraphDB allows you to link text and data in big knowledge graphs. It’s easy to experiment...
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Typical application scenariosMetadata enrichment and management, linked data publishing, semantic inferencing...
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Key customers​ GraphDB provides a platform for building next-generation AI and Knowledge Graph...
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Market metricsGraphDB is the most utilized semantic triplestore for mission-critical enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGraphDB Free is a non-commercial version and is free to use. GraphDB Enterprise edition...
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