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DBMS > BigObject vs. InfinityDB vs. SwayDB vs. TypeDB vs. Ultipa

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. InfinityDB vs. SwayDB vs. TypeDB vs. Ultipa

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageTypeDB provides developers with an expressive, customizable type system to manage their data using an award-winning query language, TypeQL, while building on a high-performance, distributed architecture.High performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedKey-value storeKey-value storeGraph DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the graph database model.
Object oriented DBMS infoThe data model of TypeDB comprises object-oriented features such as class inheritance and interfaces.
Relational DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the relational database model.
Graph DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score0.13
Rank#329  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#384  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score0.65
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#9  Object oriented DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#338  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Websitebigobject.ioboilerbay.comswaydb.simer.autypedb.comwww.ultipa.com
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.ioboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualtypedb.com/­docswww.ultipa.com/­document
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.Simer PlahaVaticleUltipa
Initial release20152002201820162019
Current release4.02.28.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJava
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysnoyes
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 indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonono
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (IDE)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaJava
Kotlin
Scala
All JVM based languages
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuanonono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneno
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneSynchronous replication via raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsAtomic execution of operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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BigObjectInfinityDBSwayDBTypeDB infoformerly named GraknUltipa
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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