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DBMS > ArcadeDB vs. BigchainDB vs. H2GIS vs. TerminusDB vs. TinkerGraph

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

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NameArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsSpatial extension of H2Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Document storeSpatial DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.09
Rank#355  Overall
#48  Document stores
#37  Graph DBMS
#52  Key-value stores
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.05
Rank#372  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#323  Overall
#28  Graph DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#344  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
Websitearcadedb.comwww.bigchaindb.comwww.h2gis.orgterminusdb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdocs.arcadedb.combigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­hometerminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperArcade DataCNRSDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20212016201320182009
Current releaseSeptember 202111.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaPythonJavaProlog, RustJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language, no joinsnoyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaJavaScript
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infobased on H2yesno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneGraph Partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factoryes infobased on H2Journaling Streamsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationship in graphsnoyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infoin-memory journalingoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes infobased on H2Role-based access controlno

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