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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Badger vs. ClickHouse vs. Datomic

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Name

Description

A RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena framework

An embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.

A high-performance, column-oriented SQL DBMS for online analytical processing (OLAP) that uses all available system resources to their full potential to process each analytical query as fast as possible. It is available as both an open-source software and a cloud offering.

Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durability

Primary database model

RDF store

Key-value store

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Time Series DBMS

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Score	3.75
Rank	#84	Overall
	#3	RDF stores

Score	0.14
Rank	#331	Overall
	#49	Key-value stores

Score	16.34
Rank	#38	Overall
	#23	Relational DBMS

Score	1.59
Rank	#150	Overall
	#69	Relational DBMS

Website

jena.apache.org/documentation/tdb/index.html

github.com/dgraph-io/badger

clickhouse.com

www.datomic.com

Technical documentation

jena.apache.org/documentation/tdb/index.html

godoc.org/github.com/dgraph-io/badger

clickhouse.com/docs

docs.datomic.com

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

originally developed by HP Labs

DGraph Labs

Clickhouse Inc.

Cognitect

Initial release

2000

2017

2016

2012

Current release

4.9.0, July 2023

v24.4.1.2088-stable, May 2024

1.0.6735, June 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

Apache 2.0

commercial

limited edition free

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

C++

Java, Clojure

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows

FreeBSD
Linux
macOS

All OS with a Java VM

Data scheme

yes

RDF Schemas

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

Close to ANSI SQL (SQL/JSON + extensions)

APIs and other access methods

Fuseki

REST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO

RDF Input/Output

gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MySQL wire protocol
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Proprietary protocol

RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

Java

3rd party library
C++
Elixir

3rd party library
Go

3rd party library
Java

3rd party library
JavaScript (Node.js)

3rd party library
Kotlin

3rd party library
Nim

3rd party library
Perl

3rd party library
PHP

3rd party library
Python

3rd party library
R

3rd party library
Ruby

3rd party library
Rust
Scala

3rd party library

Clojure
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Transaction Functions

Triggers

yes

via event handler

By using transaction functions

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

key based and custom

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

Asynchronous and synchronous physical replication; geographically distributed replicas; support for object storages.

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

none

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

TDB Transactions

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

using external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

recommended only for testing and development

User concepts

Access control

Access control via Jena Security

Access rights for users and roles. Column and row based policies. Quotas and resource limits. Pluggable authentication with LDAP and Kerberos. Password based, X.509 certificate, and SSH key authentication.

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