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DBMS > Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. Graphite vs. LokiJS vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. Graphite vs. LokiJS vs. SurrealDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Graph 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
Score5.19
Rank#62  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score1.11
Rank#174  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsgraphite.readthedocs.iotechfort.github.io/­LokiJSsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.EsgynChris DavisSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20162015200620142022
Current releasev1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, JavaPythonJavaScriptRust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlynoyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Sockets
JavaScript APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored ProceduresnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
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 releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonoyes, based on authentication and database rules

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