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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Graphite vs. KairosDB vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Graphite vs. KairosDB vs. RDFox

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2High performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#239  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitedgraph.iogithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsgraphite.readthedocs.iokairosdb.github.iodocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Chris DavisOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release2016200620132017
Current release1.2.2, November 20186.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoPythonJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesyes
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 indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
HTTP API
Sockets
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneSharding infobased on Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftnoneselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrareplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesnosimple password-based access controlRoles, resources, and access types

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