DBMS > Apache Jena - TDB vs. EJDB vs. Realm vs. RocksDB vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. EJDB vs. Realm vs. RocksDB vs. XTDB

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Name

Description

A RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena framework

Embeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)

A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data

Embeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)

A general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries

Primary database model

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Score	3.62
Rank	#83	Overall
	#3	RDF stores

Score	0.31
Rank	#296	Overall
	#44	Document stores

Score	7.41
Rank	#52	Overall
	#8	Document stores

Score	3.41
Rank	#86	Overall
	#11	Key-value stores

Score	0.18
Rank	#332	Overall
	#46	Document stores

Website

jena.apache.org/documentation/tdb/index.html

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb

realm.io

rocksdb.org

github.com/xtdb/xtdb
www.xtdb.com

Technical documentation

jena.apache.org/documentation/tdb/index.html

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb/blob/master/README.md

realm.io/docs

github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki

www.xtdb.com/docs

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

originally developed by HP Labs

Softmotions

Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019

Facebook, Inc.

Juxt Ltd.

Initial release

2000

2012

2014

2013

2019

Current release

4.9.0, July 2023

9.2.1, May 2024

1.19, September 2021

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

Open Source

GPLv2

Open Source

BSD

Open Source

MIT License

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

C++

Clojure

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

server-less

Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows

Linux

All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux

Data scheme

yes

RDF Schemas

schema-free

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

string, integer, double, bool, date, object_id

yes

yes, extensible-data-notation format

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

limited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite

APIs and other access methods

Fuseki

REST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO

RDF Input/Output

in-process shared library

C++ API
Java API

HTTP REST
JDBC

Supported programming languages

Java

Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby

.Net
Java

with Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift

C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby

Clojure
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

runs within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary

Triggers

yes

via event handler

yes

Change Listeners

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

horizontal partitioning

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes

yes, each node contains all data

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

typically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possible

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

TDB Transactions

ACID

yes

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Read/Write Locking

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

yes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

In-Memory realm

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access control via Jena Security

yes

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