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DBMS > Apache Spark (SQL) vs. GraphDB vs. Qdrant

System Properties Comparison Apache Spark (SQL) vs. GraphDB vs. Qdrant

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NameApache Spark (SQL)  Xexclude from comparisonGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIM  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApache Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingEnterprise-ready RDF and graph database with efficient reasoning, cluster and external index synchronization support. It supports also SQL JDBC access to Knowledge Graph and GraphQL over SPARQL.A high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matching
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
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Score20.40
Rank#29  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score2.57
Rank#95  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
#3  RDF stores
Score2.23
Rank#106  Overall
#8  Vector DBMS
Websitespark.apache.org/­sqlwww.ontotext.comgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
Technical documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlgraphdb.ontotext.com/­documentationqdrant.tech/­documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationOntotextQdrant
Initial release201420002021
Current release3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 202310.4, October 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoSome plugins of GraphDB Workbench are open sourcedOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaRust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Linux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support; RDF shapesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Boolean
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 indexesnoyes, supports real-time synchronization and indexing in SOLR/Elastic search/Lucene and GeoSPARQL geometry data indexesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-text
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsstored SPARQL accessed as SQL using Apache Calcite through JDBC/ODBCno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
GeoSPARQL
GraphQL
GraphQL Federation
Java API
JDBC
RDF4J API
RDFS
RIO
Sail API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL 1.1
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C#
Clojure
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnowell-defined plugin interfaces; JavaScript server-side extensibility
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, utilizing Spark CorenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationCollection-level replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency, Eventual consistency (configurable in cluster mode per master or individual client request)Eventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoConstraint checking
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDefault Basic authentication through RDF4J client, or via Java when run with cURL, default token-based in the Workbench or via Rest API, optional access through OpenID or Kerberos single sign-on.Key-based authentication

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