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DBMS > Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. jBASE vs. Kdb vs. RDF4J

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. jBASE vs. Kdb vs. RDF4J

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareHigh performance Time Series DBMSRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitedgraph.iowww.esgyn.cnwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasekx.comrdf4j.org
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9code.kx.comrdf4j.org/­documentation
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.EsgynRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release2016201519912000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 20032004
Current release5.73.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, JavaqJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyesyes
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.nonoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language (q)no
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresyesuser defined functionsyes
Triggersnonoyesyes infowith viewsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelrights management via user accountsno
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DgraphEsgynDBjBASEKdbRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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