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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Firebolt vs. FoundationDB vs. HugeGraph vs. Lovefield

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Firebolt vs. FoundationDB vs. HugeGraph vs. Lovefield

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Graph DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#134  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.firebolt.iogithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
google.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.firebolt.ioapple.github.io/­foundationdbhugegraph.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Firebolt Analytics Inc.FoundationDBBaiduGoogle
Initial release20162020201320182014
Current release6.2.28, November 20200.92.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageGoC++JavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesno infosome layers support typingyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyessupported in specific SQL layer onlynoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
Groovy
Java
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoin SQL-layer onlyasynchronous Gremlin script jobsno
TriggersnonononoUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftdepending on storage layeryesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonovia hugegraph-sparkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoin SQL-layer onlyyes infoedges in graphyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesnoUsers, roles and permissionsno

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