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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Graphite vs. ObjectBox vs. TerarkDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  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 WhisperLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score4.83
Rank#67  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitedgraph.iogithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
github.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.objectbox.iobytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Chris DavisObjectBox LimitedByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2016200620172016
Current release4.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Bindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoPythonC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyes, plus "flex" map-like typesno
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
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
HTTP API
Sockets
Proprietary native APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftnoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyes
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 releasesnoyesno
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