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DBMS > Apache Jena - TDB vs. Blazegraph vs. Derby vs. FoundationDB vs. IBM Cloudant

System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Blazegraph vs. Derby vs. FoundationDB vs. IBM Cloudant

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparison
Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkHigh-performance graph database supporting Semantic Web (RDF/SPARQL) and Graph Database (tinkerpop3, blueprints, vertex-centric) APIs with scale-out and High Availability.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDB
Primary database modelRDF storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.81
Rank#213  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlblazegraph.comdb.apache.org/­derbygithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudant
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwiki.blazegraph.comdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlapple.github.io/­foundationdbcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudant
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsBlazegraphApache Software FoundationFoundationDBIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014
Initial release20002006199720132010
Current release4.9.0, July 20232.1.5, March 201910.17.1.0, November 20236.2.28, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoextended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaC++Erlang
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoRDF literal typesyesno infosome layers support typingno
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.yesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSPARQL is used as query languageyessupported in specific SQL layer onlyno
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
JDBCRESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesJava Stored Proceduresin SQL-layer onlyView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScript
Triggersyes infovia event handlernoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replicationyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in Graphsyesin SQL-layer onlyno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoOptimistic locking
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena SecuritySecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per database

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