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DBMS > ArangoDB vs. Axibase vs. Datomic vs. EXASOL

System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. Axibase vs. Datomic vs. EXASOL

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Scalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.30
Rank#82  Overall
#14  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#10  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.21
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#144  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#138  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Websitearangodb.comaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.datomic.comwww.exasol.com
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comdocs.datomic.comwww.exasol.com/­resources
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.Axibase CorporationCognitectExasol
Initial release2012201320122000
Current release3.11.5, November 2023155851.0.7180, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++JavaJava, Clojure
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Go
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Clojure
Java
Java
Lua
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptyesyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined functions
TriggersnoyesBy using transaction functionsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0Shardingnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorSource-replica replicationnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peers
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptyesnoyes infoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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ArangoDBAxibaseDatomicEXASOL
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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