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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. eXtremeDB vs. Pinecone vs. TerminusDB vs. Transbase

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA managed, cloud-native vector databaseScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#334  Overall
#148  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.mcobject.comwww.pinecone.ioterminusdb.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docswww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#www.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.McObjectPinecone Systems, IncDataChemist Ltd.Transaction Software GmbH
Initial release20162001201920181987
Current release8.2, 202111.0.0, January 2023Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageGoC and C++Prolog, RustC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesString, Number, Booleanyesyes
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 infosupport of XML interfaces availablenonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)yes
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
PythonJavaScript
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesyesyes
Triggersnoyes infoby defining eventsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyeshorizontal partitioning / shardingGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Journaling StreamsSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
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 access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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