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DBMS > Dgraph vs. JanusGraph vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. JanusGraph vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017Elastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelGraph DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#125  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score19.93
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitedgraph.iojanusgraph.orgazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticsorigodb.compostgis.net
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.janusgraph.orgdocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Linux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusMicrosoftRobert Friberg et al
Initial release2016201720162009 infounder the name LiveDB2005
Current release0.6.3, February 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageGoJavaC++C#C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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 infocan be achieved using .NETyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
Python
C#
Java
PHP
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesTransact SQLyesuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesnoyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)Sharding, horizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftyesyesSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsno infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsdepending on modelyes
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 persistentyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServeryesRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQL

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