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DBMS > Citus vs. DataFS vs. EDB Postgres vs. Postgres-XL vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison Citus vs. DataFS vs. EDB Postgres vs. Postgres-XL vs. TigerGraph

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NameCitus  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.The EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.Based on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster featuresA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeGraph DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
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Score2.13
Rank#117  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Score0.02
Rank#369  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#131  Overall
#61  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#260  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score1.44
Rank#152  Overall
#14  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.citusdata.comnewdatabase.comwww.enterprisedb.comwww.postgres-xl.orgwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdocs.citusdata.comdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspwww.enterprisedb.com/­docswww.postgres-xl.org/­documentationdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperMobiland AGEnterpriseDB
Initial release2010201820052014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB2017
Current release8.1, December 20181.1.263, October 202214, December 202110 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availablecommercialcommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentsOpen Source infoMozilla public licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCCCC++
Server operating systemsLinuxWindowsLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeyesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yes infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionalitynoyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.yes infoXML type, but no XML query functionalityno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsnoyes infostandard with numerous extensionsyes infodistributed, parallel query executionSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.user defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.user defined functionsyes
Triggersyesno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingProprietary Sharding systemhorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID infoMVCCACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonononono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardWindows-Profilefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control

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