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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Graphite vs. NSDb vs. RDFox

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

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  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 WhisperScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesHigh 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
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitedgraph.iogithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webnsdb.iowww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsgraphite.readthedocs.ionsdb.io/­Architecturedocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Chris DavisOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release2016200620172017
Current release6.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoPythonJava, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Linux
macOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes
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 indexesyesnoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
HTTP API
Sockets
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Scala
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftnonereplication 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 ConsistencyImmediate 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 persistentyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesnoRoles, resources, and access types

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