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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. TerminusDB vs. TypeDB

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsTypeDB provides developers with an expressive, customizable type system to manage their data using an award-winning query language, TypeQL, while building on a high-performance, distributed architecture.
Primary database modelRDF storeKey-value store
Wide column store
Graph DBMSGraph DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the graph database model.
Object oriented DBMS infoThe data model of TypeDB comprises object-oriented features such as class inheritance and interfaces.
Relational DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the relational database model.
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#8  Object oriented DBMS
#106  Relational DBMS
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlcloud.google.com/­bigtableterminusdb.comtypedb.com
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#typedb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsGoogleDataChemist Ltd.Vaticle
Initial release2000201520182016
Current release4.9.0, July 202311.0.0, January 20232.28.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaProlog, RustJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (IDE)
Supported programming languagesJavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Python
All JVM based languages
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesno
Triggersyes infovia event handlernoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingGraph Partitioningno
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesJournaling StreamsSynchronous replication via raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsAtomic single-row operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena SecurityAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Role-based access controlyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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Apache Jena - TDBGoogle Cloud BigtableTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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