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DBMS > Dgraph vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. Postgres-XL

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. OrigoDB vs. PostGIS vs. Postgres-XL

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseSpatial extension of PostgreSQLBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelGraph DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#19  Object oriented DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#254  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.ioorigodb.compostgis.netwww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsorigodb.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentationwww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Robert Friberg et al
Initial release20162009 infounder the name LiveDB20052014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release3.4.2, February 202410 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC#CC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyesyes
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.nono infocan be achieved using .NETyesyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersnoyes infoDomain Eventsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynodepending on modelyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesRole based authorizationyes infobased on PostgreSQLfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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