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System Properties Comparison ArcadeDB vs. BigchainDB vs. H2GIS vs. SingleStore vs. TinkerGraph

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Name

Description

Fast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewritten

BigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assets

Spatial extension of H2

MySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type

A lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API

Primary database model

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS

in next version

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS

DB-Engines Ranking measures the popularity of database management systems
Trend Chart

Score	0.09
Rank	#355	Overall
	#48	Document stores
	#37	Graph DBMS
	#52	Key-value stores
	#34	Time Series DBMS

Score	0.82
Rank	#212	Overall
	#36	Document stores

Score	0.05
Rank	#372	Overall
	#7	Spatial DBMS

Score	5.91
Rank	#61	Overall
	#34	Relational DBMS

Score	0.12
Rank	#344	Overall
	#34	Graph DBMS

Website

tinkerpop.apache.org/docs/current/reference/#tinkergraph-gremlin

Technical documentation

docs.arcadedb.com

bigchaindb.readthedocs.io/en/latest

www.h2gis.org/docs/home

docs.singlestore.com

Developer

Arcade Data

CNRS

SingleStore Inc.

Initial release

2021

2016

2013

2009

Current release

September 2021

8.5, January 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

AGPL v3

Open Source

LGPL 3.0

commercial

free developer edition available

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

Python

Java

C++, Go

Java

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

Linux

64 bit version required

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language, no joins

yes

but no triggers and foreign keys

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin

CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API

Cluster Management API

as HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC

TinkerPop 3

Supported programming languages

Java

Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby

Java

Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

Groovy
Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

based on H2

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

none

Sharding

hash partitioning

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Source-replica replication

selectable replication factor

yes

based on H2

Source-replica replication

stores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

can define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

none

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationship in graphs

yes

Relationships in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

yes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDB

yes

All updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.

optional

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

yes

based on H2

Fine grained access control via users, groups and roles

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Licensing and pricing models

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