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DBMS > Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. KeyDB vs. LokiJS vs. Vitess

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. KeyDB vs. LokiJS vs. Vitess

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonKeyDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionAn ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocolsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSScalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial 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
Score0.70
Rank#229  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.88
Rank#203  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSvitess.io
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.keydb.devtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSvitess.io/­docs
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.EsgynEQ Alpha Technology Ltd.The Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release20162015201920142013
Current release15.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoBSD-3Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, JavaC++JavaScriptGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexesnoyes
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 indexesyesyesyes infoby using the Redis Search moduleyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnonoyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocoJavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
JavaScriptAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored ProceduresLuaView functions in JavaScriptyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersnononoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication between multi datacentersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
noneEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scriptsno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logsyes 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.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple password-based access control and ACLnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles

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