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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. Ignite vs. JSqlDb vs. openGemini vs. PostGIS

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonopenGemini  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded 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.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.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesAn open source distributed Time Series DBMS with high concurrency, high performance, and high scalabilitySpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score3.11
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#361  Overall
#37  Time Series DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitearangodb.comignite.apache.orgjsqldb.org (offline)www.opengemini.org
github.com/­openGemini
postgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comapacheignite.readme.io/­docsdocs.opengemini.org/­guidepostgis.net/­documentation
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.Apache Software FoundationKonrad von BackstromHuawei and openGemini community
Initial release20122015201820222005
Current release3.11.5, November 2023Apache Ignite 2.60.8, December 20181.1, July 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, Java, .NetGoC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesnoInteger, Float, Boolean, Stringyes
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.yesnonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoSQL-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
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScriptC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)functions in JavaScriptnouser defined functions
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)nonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0ShardingnoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factoryes (replicated cache)noneyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nonono
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 graphsnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAdministrators and common users accountsyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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ArangoDBIgniteJSqlDbopenGeminiPostGIS
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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