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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. CockroachDB vs. JanusGraph vs. Sequoiadb vs. Yaacomo

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.CockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.A Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017NewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.94
Rank#129  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitearangodb.comwww.cockroachlabs.comjanusgraph.orgwww.sequoiadb.comyaacomo.com
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.janusgraph.orgwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.Cockroach LabsLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusSequoiadb Ltd.Q2WEB GmbH
Initial release20122015201720132009
Current release3.11.5, November 202323.1.1, May 20230.6.3, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
LinuxAndroid
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectiondynamic schemayesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnoSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
JDBCJava API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
proprietary protocol using JSONJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Clojure
Java
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptnoyesJavaScript
Triggersnonoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0horizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)Shardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorMulti-source replication using RAFTyesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenono
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDDocument is locked during a transactionACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesRole-based access controlUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Serversimple password-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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ArangoDBCockroachDBJanusGraph infosuccessor of TitanSequoiadbYaacomo
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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