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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Immudb vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. SurrealDB

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Name

JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.

Description

Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMS

An open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.

JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitives

In-memory JavaScript DBMS

A fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS

Primary database model

Graph DBMS

Key-value store

Document store
Object oriented DBMS

Document store

Document store
Graph DBMS

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

DB-Engines Ranking measures the popularity of database management systems
Trend Chart

Score	1.53
Rank	#152	Overall
	#15	Graph DBMS

Score	0.31
Rank	#295	Overall
	#42	Key-value stores

Score	0.49
Rank	#260	Overall
	#42	Document stores

Score	1.02
Rank	#190	Overall
	#33	Document stores
	#18	Graph DBMS

Website

dgraph.io

github.com/codenotary/immudb
immudb.io

jsqldb.org (offline)

github.com/techfort/LokiJS

surrealdb.com

Technical documentation

dgraph.io/docs

docs.immudb.io

techfort.github.io/LokiJS

surrealdb.com/docs

Developer

Dgraph Labs, Inc.

Codenotary

Konrad von Backstrom

SurrealDB Ltd

Initial release

2016

2020

2018

2014

2022

Current release

1.2.3, April 2022

0.8, December 2018

v1.5.0, May 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

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Implementation language

JavaScript

Rust

Server operating systems

Linux
OS X
Windows

BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS

Linux
macOS
Windows

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

Linux
macOS
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

via views

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like syntax

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API

gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol

JavaScript API

GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket

Supported programming languages

C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby

.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

JavaScript

Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

functions in JavaScript

View functions in JavaScript

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

yes

Sharding

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Synchronous replication via Raft

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

none

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

atomic operations within a single collection possible

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

using RocksDB

yes

Serialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Planned for future releases

yes, based on authentication and database rules

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