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DBMS > Dgraph vs. InterSystems Caché vs. JanusGraph vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. VoltDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. InterSystems Caché vs. JanusGraph vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. VoltDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA multi-model DBMS and application serverA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerDistributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory
Primary database modelGraph DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#125  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#157  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachejanusgraph.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.voltdb.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.intersystems.comdocs.janusgraph.orgdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocs.voltdb.com
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.InterSystemsLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusMicrosoftVoltDB Inc.
Initial release20161997201720102010
Current release2018.1.4, May 20200.6.3, February 2023V1211.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoJavaC++Java, C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X infofor development
Data schemeschema-freedepending on used data modelyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoyesyes infoonly a subset of SQL 99
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
Clojure
Java
Python
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesTransact SQLJava
Triggersnoyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replicationyesyes, with always 3 replicas availableMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyesyes infoSnapshots and command logging
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 releasesAccess rights for users, groups and rolesUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Serverfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and roles with access to stored procedures

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