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DBMS > Dgraph vs. GeoMesa vs. HugeGraph vs. Lovefield vs. TypeDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. GeoMesa vs. HugeGraph vs. Lovefield vs. TypeDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query language
Primary database modelGraph DBMSSpatial DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
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Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.65
Rank#234  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
google.github.io/­lovefieldtypedb.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlhugegraph.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdtypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.CCRi and othersBaiduGoogleVaticle
Initial release20162014201820142016
Current release4.0.5, February 20240.92.1.12, February 20172.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoScalaJavaJavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternno
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Groovy
Java
Python
JavaScriptAll JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsnono
TriggersnononoUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesdepending on storage layeryes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenoneSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftdepending on storage layeryes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenoneMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesvia hugegraph-sparknoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeper
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoedges in graphyesno infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryesyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageUsers, roles and permissionsnoyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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DgraphGeoMesaHugeGraphLovefieldTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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