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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. jBASE vs. OrientDB

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Name

Description

Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durability

A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware

Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Multivalue DBMS

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store

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Score	1.76
Rank	#145	Overall
	#66	Relational DBMS

Score	1.43
Rank	#160	Overall
	#3	Multivalue DBMS

Score	3.27
Rank	#97	Overall
	#16	Document stores
	#6	Graph DBMS
	#15	Key-value stores

Website

www.datomic.com

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-jbase

orientdb.org

Technical documentation

docs.datomic.com

docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9

www.orientdb.com/docs/last/index.html

Developer

Cognitect

Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)

OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP

Initial release

2012

1991

2010

Current release

1.0.6735, June 2023

5.7

3.2.29, March 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

limited edition free

commercial

Open Source

Apache version 2

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java, Clojure

Java

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

AIX
Linux
Windows

All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Schema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

optional

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC

SQL-like query language, no joins

APIs and other access methods

RESTful HTTP API

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

Clojure
Java

.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java

.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Transaction Functions

yes

Java, Javascript

Triggers

By using transaction functions

yes

Hooks

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

But extensive use of caching in the application peers

yes

Multi-source replication

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

could be achieved with distributed queries

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationship in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

using external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

recommended only for testing and development

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

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