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DBMS > Dgraph vs. IBM Db2 vs. Quasardb vs. TypeDB vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. IBM Db2 vs. Quasardb vs. TypeDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query languageA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
Graph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score125.90
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#106  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.ibm.com/­products/­db2quasar.aitypedb.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docswww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2doc.quasar.ai/­mastertypedb.com/­docsvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.IBMquasardbVaticleVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20161983 infohost version200920162011
Current release12.1, October 20163.14.1, January 20242.26.3, January 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree version is availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC and C++C++JavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes infowith tagsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
HTTP APIgRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
.Net
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnonono
TriggersnoyesnonoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding infoby using CassandraSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)Source-replica replication with selectable replication factorMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integrationyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeperno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono infosubstituted by the relationship featureno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoTransient modenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progressBased on Windows Authentication
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DgraphIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2QuasardbTypeDB infoformerly named GraknVelocityDB
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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