DBMS > Apache Jena - TDB vs. Ignite vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. Sadas Engine vs. Transbase

System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Ignite vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. Sadas Engine vs. Transbase

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Name

Description

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

Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.

Globally distributed, horizontally scalable, multi-model database service

SADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments

A resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS

Primary database model

RDF store

Key-value store
Relational DBMS

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Spatial DBMS

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Trend Chart

Score	3.75
Rank	#84	Overall
	#3	RDF stores

Score	3.16
Rank	#96	Overall
	#15	Key-value stores
	#49	Relational DBMS

Score	29.04
Rank	#27	Overall
	#4	Document stores
	#2	Graph DBMS
	#3	Key-value stores
	#3	Wide column stores

Score	0.00
Rank	#383	Overall
	#158	Relational DBMS

Score	0.11
Rank	#341	Overall
	#150	Relational DBMS

Website

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

ignite.apache.org

azure.microsoft.com/services/cosmos-db

www.sadasengine.com

www.transaction.de/en/products/transbase.html

Technical documentation

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

apacheignite.readme.io/docs

learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db

www.sadasengine.com/en/sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/#documentation

www.transaction.de/en/products/transbase/features.html

Developer

Apache Software Foundation

originally developed by HP Labs

Apache Software Foundation

Microsoft

SADAS s.r.l.

Transaction Software GmbH

Initial release

2000

2015

2014

2006

1987

Current release

4.9.0, July 2023

Apache Ignite 2.6

8.0

Transbase 8.3, 2022

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License, Version 2.0

Open Source

Apache 2.0

commercial

free trial version available

commercial

free development license

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

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Implementation language

Java

C++, Java, .Net

C++

C and C++

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows

hosted

AIX
Linux
Windows

FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows

Data scheme

yes

RDF Schemas

yes

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

JSON types

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

All properties auto-indexed by default

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

ANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDL

SQL-like query language

yes

APIs and other access methods

Fuseki

REST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO

RDF Input/Output

HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data

DocumentDB API
Graph API (Gremlin)
MongoDB API
RESTful HTTP API
Table API

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API

Supported programming languages

Java

C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
MongoDB client drivers written for various programming languages
Python

.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python

C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

yes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)

JavaScript

yes

Triggers

yes

via event handler

yes (cache interceptors and events)

JavaScript

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

Implicit feature of the cloud service

horizontal partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes (replicated cache)

yes

Implicit feature of the cloud service

none

Source-replica replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)

with Hadoop integration

Integration with Hadoop/HDInsight on Azure*

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Bounded Staleness
Consistent Prefix
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

Consistency level configurable on request level
Session Consistency

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

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

ACID

TDB Transactions

ACID

Multi-item ACID transactions with snapshot isolation within a partition

yes

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

managed by 'Learn by Usage'

User concepts

Access control

Access control via Jena Security

Security Hooks for custom implementations

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

Access rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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