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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Kinetica vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Kinetica vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. WakandaDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.kinetica.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.kinetica.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.KineticaMicrosoftWakanda SAS
Initial release20162012201419892012
Current release7.1, August 2021SQL Server 2022, November 20222.7.0 (AprilĀ 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC, C++JavaScriptC++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javayes
Triggersnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingnonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replicationnoneyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesAccess rights for users and roles on table levelnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes

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