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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. FileMaker vs. Kinetica vs. LokiJS vs. WakandaDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.kinetica.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationdocs.kinetica.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Claris infoa subsidiary of AppleKineticaWakanda SAS
Initial release20161983201220142012
Current release19.4.1, November 20217.1, August 20212.7.0 (AprilĀ 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC, C++JavaScriptC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
PHPC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptyes
Triggersnoyesyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Source-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights for users and roles on table levelnoyes

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