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DBMS > Dgraph vs. EJDB vs. Graphite vs. Immudb vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. EJDB vs. Graphite vs. Immudb vs. LokiJS

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.In-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.24
Rank#305  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Websitedgraph.iogithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
github.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.immudb.iotechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.SoftmotionsChris DavisCodenotary
Initial release20162012200620202014
Current release1.2.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoCPythonGoJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-lessLinux
Unix
BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idNumeric data onlyno
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 indexesyesnonoyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL-like syntaxno
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
in-process shared libraryHTTP API
Sockets
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnonenoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/Write Lockingyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesnonono

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