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DBMS > Apache Jena - TDB vs. BigchainDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. JSqlDb vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. BigchainDB vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. JSqlDb vs. VelocityDB

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
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 assetsCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRDF storeDocument storeDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Graph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score7.36
Rank#53  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.bigchaindb.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorejsqldb.org (offline)velocitydb.com
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestorevelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsGoogleKonrad von BackstromVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20002016201720182011
Current release4.9.0, July 20230.8, December 20187.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaPythonC#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesnoyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
Supported programming languagesJavaGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
JavaScript.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsfunctions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyes infovia event handleryes, with Cloud FunctionsnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoUsing Cloud Dataflownono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena SecurityyesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Based on Windows Authentication

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