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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. GraphDB vs. RDF4J vs. ScyllaDB vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. GraphDB vs. RDF4J vs. ScyllaDB vs. WakandaDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIM  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsEnterprise-ready RDF and graph database with efficient reasoning, cluster and external index synchronization support. It supports also SQL JDBC access to Knowledge Graph and GraphQL over SPARQL.RDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.Cassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
RDF storeWide column storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
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Score0.76
Rank#216  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score2.76
Rank#99  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
#4  RDF stores
Score0.72
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score4.15
Rank#69  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.ontotext.comrdf4j.orgwww.scylladb.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestgraphdb.ontotext.com/­documentationrdf4j.org/­documentationdocs.scylladb.comwakanda.github.io/­doc
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeGitHubMedium
DeveloperOntotextSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.ScyllaDBWakanda SAS
Initial release20162000200420152012
Current release10.4, October 2023ScyllaDB Open Source 6.0.2, July 20242.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infoSome plugins of GraphDB Workbench are open sourcedOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaJavaC++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VM
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support; RDF shapesyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyes, supports real-time synchronization and indexing in SOLR/Elastic search/Lucene and GeoSPARQL geometry data indexesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnostored SPARQL accessed as SQL using Apache Calcite through JDBC/ODBCnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)no
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
GeoSPARQL
GraphQL
GraphQL Federation
Java API
JDBC
RDF4J API
RDFS
RIO
Sail API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL 1.1
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
Clojure
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
PHP
Python
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureswell-defined plugin interfaces; JavaScript server-side extensibilityyesyes, Luayes
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replicationnoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possiblenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency, Eventual consistency (configurable in cluster mode per master or individual client request)Eventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoConstraint checkingno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoin-memory tablesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesDefault Basic authentication through RDF4J client, or via Java when run with cURL, default token-based in the Workbench or via Rest API, optional access through OpenID or Kerberos single sign-on.noAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes
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BigchainDBGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIMRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameScyllaDBWakandaDB
Specific characteristicsOntotext GraphDB is a semantic database engine that allows organizations to build...
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ScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesGraphDB allows you to link text and data in big knowledge graphs. It’s easy to experiment...
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Highly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosMetadata enrichment and management, linked data publishing, semantic inferencing...
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ScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customers​ GraphDB provides a platform for building next-generation AI and Knowledge Graph...
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Discord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsGraphDB is the most utilized semantic triplestore for mission-critical enterprise...
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ScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGraphDB Free is a non-commercial version and is free to use. GraphDB Enterprise edition...
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ScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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