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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Dgraph vs. HarperDB vs. Pinecone vs. RDF4J

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.A managed, cloud-native vector databaseRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelRDF storeGraph DBMSDocument storeVector DBMSRDF store
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Score3.75
Rank#84  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score3.16
Rank#95  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldgraph.iowww.harperdb.iowww.pinecone.iordf4j.org
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldgraph.io/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsDgraph Labs, Inc.HarperDBPinecone Systems, IncSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release20002016201720192004
Current release4.9.0, July 20233.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaGoNode.jsJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
hostedLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freedynamic schemayes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesString, Number, Booleanyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like data manipulation statementsnono
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
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP APIJava API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
PythonJava
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes
Triggersyes infovia event handlernonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via Raftyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes 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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityno infoPlanned for future releasesAccess rights for users and rolesno

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