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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Dgraph vs. Immudb vs. JanusGraph vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Dgraph vs. Immudb vs. JanusGraph vs. LokiJS

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.A Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeGraph DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.24
Rank#305  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score1.94
Rank#129  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comdgraph.iogithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
janusgraph.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdgraph.io/­docsdocs.immudb.iodocs.janusgraph.orgtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.CodenotaryLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by Aurelius
Initial release20162016202020172014
Current release1.2.3, April 20220.6.3, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonGoGoJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesno
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like syntaxnono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Clojure
Java
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesShardingyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)none
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSynchronous replication via Raftyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engineyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesno infoPlanned for future releasesUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Serverno

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