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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Blazegraph vs. IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Kdb vs. SurrealDB

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.
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.Cloud-based data warehousing serviceHigh performance Time Series DBMSA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRDF storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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
Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlblazegraph.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousekx.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwiki.blazegraph.comcode.kx.comsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsBlazegraphIBMKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release2000200620142000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032022
Current release4.9.0, July 20232.1.5, March 20193.6, May 2018v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoextended commercial license availablecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaqRust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoRDF literal typesyesyesyes
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.no infoImport/export of XML data possibleyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSPARQL is used as query languageyesSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query language
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
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesPL/SQL, SQL PLuser defined functions
Triggersyes infovia event handlernoyesyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in Graphsyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena SecuritySecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsyes, based on authentication and database rules
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Apache Jena - TDBBlazegraphIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDBKdbSurrealDB
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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