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System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. HyperSQL vs. InfluxDB vs. RDF4J vs. ReductStore

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Name

Description

Embeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)

Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java

also known as HSQLDB

DBMS for storing time series, events and metrics

RDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.

Designed to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Spatial DBMS

with GEO package

DB-Engines Ranking measures the popularity of database management systems
Trend Chart

Score	0.13
Rank	#331	Overall
	#46	Document stores

Score	3.14
Rank	#85	Overall
	#46	Relational DBMS

Score	22.12
Rank	#28	Overall
	#1	Time Series DBMS

Score	0.72
Rank	#222	Overall
	#9	RDF stores

Score	0.00
Rank	#385	Overall
	#40	Time Series DBMS

Website

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb

hsqldb.org

www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb-overview

rdf4j.org

github.com/reductstore
www.reduct.store

Technical documentation

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb/blob/master/README.md

hsqldb.org/web/hsqlDocsFrame.html

docs.influxdata.com/influxdb

rdf4j.org/documentation

www.reduct.store/docs

Developer

Softmotions

Since 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.

ReductStore LLC

Initial release

2012

2001

2013

2004

2023

Current release

2.7.2, June 2023

2.7.6, April 2024

1.9, March 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

GPLv2

Open Source

based on BSD license

Open Source

MIT-License; commercial enterprise version available

Open Source

Eclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.

Open Source

Business Source License 1.1

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

C++, Rust

Server operating systems

server-less

All OS with a Java VM

Embedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modes

Linux
OS X

through Homebrew

Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows

Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free

yes

RDF Schemas

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

string, integer, double, bool, date, object_id

yes

Numeric data and Strings

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

in-process shared library

HTTP API

JDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC

HTTP API
JSON over UDP

Java API
RIO

RDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL

Sesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL

HTTP API

Supported programming languages

Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby

All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java

.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala

Java
PHP
Python

C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Java, SQL

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

in enterprise version only

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

selectable replication factor

in enterprise version only

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

typically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possible

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Isolation support depends on the API used

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Read/Write Locking

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

in-memory storage is supported as well

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

Depending on used storage engine

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

simple rights management via user accounts

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