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DBMS > Dgraph vs. etcd vs. Hive vs. Hypertable vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. etcd vs. Hive vs. Hypertable vs. TinkerGraph

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonetcd  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA distributed reliable key-value storedata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelGraph DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score7.25
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score61.17
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitedgraph.ioetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
hive.apache.orgtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
cwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Home
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookHypertable Inc.
Initial release2016201220092009
Current release3.4, August 20193.1.3, April 20220.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoGoJavaC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesnoyes
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 indexesyesnoyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnono
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
gRPC
JSON over HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
C++ API
Thrift
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenono
Triggersnoyes, watching key changesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.selectable replication factorselectable replication factor on file system levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnononono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesoptional
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 releasesnoAccess rights for users, groups and rolesnono

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