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

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

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  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)A general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Document store
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
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitedgraph.iowww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSorientdb.orggithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlwww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.EsgynOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20162015201420102019
Current release3.2.29, March 20241.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, JavaJavaScriptJavaClojure
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
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 dateyesyesnoyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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 indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query language, no joinslimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
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
HTTP REST
JDBC
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
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored ProceduresView functions in JavaScriptJava, Javascriptno
TriggersnonoyesHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnoneMulti-source replicationyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
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
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, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
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 configurable

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