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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. EsgynDB vs. GridGain vs. Hive vs. HugeGraph

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache Ignitedata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score61.17
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.esgyn.cnwww.gridgain.comhive.apache.orggithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homehugegraph.apache.org/­docs
DeveloperCognitectEsgynGridGain Systems, Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookBaidu
Initial release20122015200720122018
Current release1.0.6735, June 2023GridGain 8.5.13.1.3, April 20220.9
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC++, JavaJava, C++, .NetJavaJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Unix
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range index
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Groovy
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction FunctionsJava Stored Proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceasynchronous Gremlin script jobs
TriggersBy using transaction functionsnoyes (cache interceptors and events)nono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingShardingShardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyes (replicated cache)selectable replication factoryes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)yes infoquery execution via MapReducevia hugegraph-spark
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes infoedges in graph
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights for users, groups and rolesUsers, roles and permissions

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