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DBMS > Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. Fauna vs. GeoSpock vs. LokiJS

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. Fauna vs. GeoSpock vs. LokiJS

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.Spatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleIn-memory JavaScript DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.39
Rank#155  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.15
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#143  Overall
#26  Document stores
#13  Graph DBMS
#66  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Websitedgraph.iowww.esgyn.cnfauna.comgeospock.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJS
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.fauna.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.EsgynFauna, Inc.GeoSpock
Initial release2016201520142014
Current release2.0, September 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyesno
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Implementation languageGoC++, JavaScalaJava, JavascriptJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linuxhostedhostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesno
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyestemporal, categoricalyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)no
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIJDBCJavaScript API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardinghorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication between multi datacentersMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possible
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardIdentity management, authentication, and access controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tableno

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