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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. BigchainDB vs. CrateDB vs. TinkerGraph

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsDistributed Database based on LuceneA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelRDF storeDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.75
Rank#84  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.bigchaindb.comcratedb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestcratedb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsCrate
Initial release2000201620132009
Current release4.9.0, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaPythonJavaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator support
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilityno
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions (Javascript)no
Triggersyes infovia event handlernono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB Transactionsno infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityyesrights management via user accountsno
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache Jena - TDBBigchainDBCrateDBTinkerGraph
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
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