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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. OrigoDB vs. SQL.JS vs. TerminusDB

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.A fully ACID in-memory object graph databasePort of SQLite to JavaScriptScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitearangodb.comorigodb.comsql.js.orgterminusdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comorigodb.com/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.Robert Friberg et alAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20122009 infounder the name LiveDB20122018
Current release3.11.5, November 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C#JavaScriptProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes
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.no infocan be achieved using .NETnono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
JavaScript APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
.NetJavaScriptJavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptyesnoyes
Triggersnoyes infoDomain Eventsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0horizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorSource-replica replicationnoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnonono
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)
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsdepending on modelyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoWrite ahead logno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesRole based authorizationnoRole-based access control
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ArangoDBOrigoDBSQL.JSTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
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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