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DBMS > Dgraph vs. GeoMesa vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. Ingres

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. GeoMesa vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. Ingres

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Automatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformWell established RDBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score4.36
Rank#72  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score3.80
Rank#82  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.geomesa.orgcloud.google.com/­datastorewww.actian.com/­databases/­ingres
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsdocs.actian.com/­ingres
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.CCRi and othersGoogleActian Corporation
Initial release2016201420081974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s
Current release5.0.0, May 202411.2, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoScalaC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, details hereyes
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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files available
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (GQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonousing Google App Engineyes
TriggersnonoCallbacks using the Google Apps Engineyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesdepending on storage layerShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneously
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftdepending on storage layerMulti-source replication using PaxosIngres Replicator
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layernono
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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