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DBMS > ArangoDB vs. BaseX vs. Elasticsearch vs. Galaxybase vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. BaseX vs. Elasticsearch vs. Galaxybase vs. Splunk

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonElasticsearch  Xexclude from comparisonGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Light-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.A distributed, RESTful modern search and analytics engine based on Apache Lucene infoElasticsearch lets you perform and combine many types of searches such as structured, unstructured, geo, and metricScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Native XML DBMSSearch engineGraph DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score135.35
Rank#7  Overall
#1  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#39  Graph DBMS
Score86.45
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitearangodb.combasex.orgwww.elastic.co/­elasticsearchgalaxybase.comwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comdocs.basex.orgwww.elastic.co/­guide/­en/­elasticsearch/­reference/­current/­index.htmldocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.BaseX GmbHElasticChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司Splunk Inc.
Initial release20122007201020172003
Current release3.11.5, November 202310.7, August 20238.6, January 2023Nov 20, November 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoElastic Licensecommercialcommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC and Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentStrong typed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languagenono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Browser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Actionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
.Net
Groovy
Community Contributed Clients
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptyesyesuser defined procedures and functionsyes
Triggersnoyes infovia eventsyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0noneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factornoneyesMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnoES-Hadoop Connectornoyes
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)
Eventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsnonoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDmultiple readers, single writernoACIDno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Memcached and Redis integrationyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and roles
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ArangoDBBaseXElasticsearchGalaxybaseSplunk
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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