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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. NCache vs. OpenQM vs. Oracle Rdb

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Name

Description

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

Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.

Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store

QpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Document store
Search engine

Using distributed Lucene

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Trend Chart

Score	3.75
Rank	#84	Overall
	#3	RDF stores

Score	14.29
Rank	#39	Overall
	#6	Document stores

Score	0.94
Rank	#195	Overall
	#29	Key-value stores

Score	0.27
Rank	#298	Overall
	#10	Multivalue DBMS

Score	1.08
Rank	#184	Overall
	#85	Relational DBMS

Website

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

firebase.google.com/products/realtime-database

www.alachisoft.com/ncache

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-open-qm

www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/rdb.html

Technical documentation

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

firebase.google.com/docs/database

www.alachisoft.com/resources/docs

www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/rdb-doc.html

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

originally developed by HP Labs

Google

acquired by Google 2014

Alachisoft

Rocket Software, originally Martin Phillips

Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)

Initial release

2000

2012

2005

1993

1984

Current release

4.9.0, July 2023

5.3.3, April 2024

3.4-12

7.4.1.1, 2021

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

commercial

Open Source

Enterprise Edition available

Open Source

GPLv2, extended commercial license available

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

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Implementation language

Java

C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

hosted

Linux
Windows

AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows

HP Open VMS

Data scheme

yes

RDF Schemas

schema-free

yes

with some exceptions

Flexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

partial

Supported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter

yes

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.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.

yes

APIs and other access methods

Fuseki

REST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO

RDF Input/Output

Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API

IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API

Supported programming languages

Java

Java
JavaScript
Objective-C

.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala

.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

limited functionality with using 'rules'

support for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR

yes

Triggers

yes

via event handler

Callbacks are triggered when data changes

yes

Notifications

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

yes

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes, with selectable consistency level

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency

if the client is offline
Immediate Consistency

if the client is online

Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

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

ACID

TDB Transactions

yes

optimistic locking and pessimistic locking

ACID

yes, on a single node

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

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

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access control via Jena Security

yes, based on authentication and database rules

Authentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

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Market metrics

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Licensing and pricing models

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