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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Firebird vs. JanusGraph vs. Realm vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Firebird vs. JanusGraph vs. Realm vs. WakandaDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score20.50
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#125  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.firebirdsql.orgjanusgraph.orgrealm.iowakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docswww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualsdocs.janusgraph.orgrealm.io/­docswakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Firebird FoundationLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Wakanda SAS
Initial release20162000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase201720142012
Current release5.0.0, January 20240.6.3, February 20232.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC and C++JavaC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPSQLyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoChange Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)nonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replicationyesnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Serveryesyes

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