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DBMS > Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. LokiJS vs. OrientDB vs. RavenDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. LokiJS vs. OrientDB vs. RavenDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionIn-memory JavaScript DBMSMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Open Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document Database
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Document store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series 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
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Websitedgraph.iowww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSorientdb.orgravendb.net
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlravendb.net/­docs
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.EsgynOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPHibernating Rhinos
Initial release20162015201420102010
Current release3.2.29, March 20245.4, July 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, JavaJavaScriptJavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like query language (RQL)
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APITinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored ProceduresView functions in JavaScriptJava, Javascriptyes
TriggersnonoyesHooksyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnoneMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes inforelationship in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction available
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
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-standardnoAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableAuthorization levels configured per client per database

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