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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Google BigQuery vs. JSqlDb vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Google BigQuery vs. JSqlDb vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Snowflake

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle BigQuery  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSLarge scale data warehouse service with append-only tablesJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score60.38
Rank#19  Overall
#13  Relational DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score121.33
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iocloud.google.com/­bigqueryjsqldb.org (offline)azure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docscloud.google.com/­bigquery/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.GoogleKonrad von BackstromMicrosoftSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release20162010201820102014
Current release0.8, December 2018V12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesyes
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Implementation languageGoC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
hostedhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.nononoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions infoin JavaScriptfunctions in JavaScriptTransact SQLuser defined functions
Triggersnononoyesno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnonenoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftnoneyes, with always 3 replicas availableyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoSince BigQuery is designed for querying dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesAccess privileges (owner, writer, reader) on dataset, table or view level infoGoogle Cloud Identity & Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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