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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Blazegraph vs. eXtremeDB vs. RDF4J

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  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.Natively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelRDF storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
RDF store
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Trend Chart
Score3.75
Rank#84  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.75
Rank#219  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlblazegraph.comwww.mcobject.comrdf4j.org
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwiki.blazegraph.comwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsBlazegraphMcObjectSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release2000200620012004
Current release4.9.0, July 20232.1.5, March 20198.2, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoextended commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC and C++Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeyesyes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoRDF literal typesyesyes
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 infosupport of XML interfaces available
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSPARQL is used as query languageyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLno
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
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesyes
Triggersyes infovia event handlernoyes infoby defining eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in Graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
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 SecuritySecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)no
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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