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System Properties Comparison Cubrid vs. Derby vs. GraphDB vs. H2GIS vs. SwayDB

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NameCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIM  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Enterprise-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.Spatial extension of H2An embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Spatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.04
Rank#187  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score4.60
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#91  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
#4  RDF stores
Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitecubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
db.apache.org/­derbywww.ontotext.comwww.h2gis.orgswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationcubrid.org/­manualsdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlgraphdb.ontotext.com/­documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­home
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeGitHubMedium
DeveloperCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationApache Software FoundationOntotextCNRSSimer Plaha
Initial release20081997200020132018
Current release11.0, January 202110.17.1.0, November 202310.4, October 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2commercial infoSome plugins of GraphDB Workbench are open sourcedOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, C++, JavaJavaJavaJavaScala
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support; RDF shapesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesno
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes, supports real-time synchronization and indexing in SOLR/Elastic search/Lucene and GeoSPARQL geometry data indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesstored SPARQL accessed as SQL using Apache Calcite through JDBC/ODBCyesno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBCGeoSPARQL
GraphQL
GraphQL Federation
Java API
JDBC
RDF4J API
RDFS
RIO
Sail API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java.Net
C#
Clojure
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaJava
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresJava Stored Procedureswell-defined plugin interfaces; JavaScript server-side extensibilityyes infobased on H2no
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationyes infobased on H2none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency, Eventual consistency (configurable in cluster mode per master or individual client request)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infoConstraint checkingyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
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.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDefault 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.yes infobased on H2no
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CubridDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIMH2GISSwayDB
Specific characteristicsOntotext GraphDB is a semantic database engine that allows organizations to build...
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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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Typical application scenariosMetadata enrichment and management, linked data publishing, semantic inferencing...
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Key customers​ GraphDB provides a platform for building next-generation AI and Knowledge Graph...
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Market metricsGraphDB is the most utilized semantic triplestore for mission-critical enterprise...
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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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