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DBMS > Apache Jena - TDB vs. Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Titan

System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Titan

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonTitan  Xexclude from comparison
Titan has been decommisioned after the takeover by Datastax. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking. A fork has been open-sourced as JanusGraph.
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Titan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.
Primary database modelRDF storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score3.85
Rank#86  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score1.48
Rank#158  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#319  Overall
#141  Relational DBMS
Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldgraph.iowww.esgyn.cnwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldgraph.io/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wiki
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsDgraph Labs, Inc.EsgynCCRi and othersAurelius, owned by DataStax
Initial release20002016201520142012
Current release4.9.0, July 20234.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache license, version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoC++, JavaScalaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesnono
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetClojure
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoJava Stored Proceduresnoyes
Triggersyes infovia event handlernononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesShardingdepending on storage layeryes infovia pluggable storage backends
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication between multi datacentersdepending on storage layeryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engine
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes infoRelationships in graph
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 infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcast
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nodepending on storage layer
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityno infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Server

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