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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. GraphDB vs. JSqlDb vs. LokiJS vs. SQream DB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIM  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Enterprise-ready RDF and graph database with efficient reasoning, cluster and external index synchronization support. It supports also SQL JDBC access to Knowledge Graph and GraphQL over SPARQL.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesIn-memory JavaScript DBMSa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
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Score0.81
Rank#214  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score3.10
Rank#100  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
#4  RDF stores
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.73
Rank#228  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgwww.ontotext.comjsqldb.org (offline)github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSsqream.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlgraphdb.ontotext.com/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.sqream.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeGitHubMedium
DeveloperCCRi and othersOntotextKonrad von BackstromSQream Technologies
Initial release20142000201820142017
Current release4.0.5, February 202410.4, October 20230.8, December 20182022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infoSome plugins of GraphDB Workbench are open sourcedOpen SourceOpen Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaJavaScriptC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support; RDF shapesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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
Secondary indexesyesyes, supports real-time synchronization and indexing in SOLR/Elastic search/Lucene and GeoSPARQL geometry data indexesnoyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnostored SPARQL accessed as SQL using Apache Calcite through JDBC/ODBCnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsGeoSPARQL
GraphQL
GraphQL Federation
Java API
JDBC
RDF4J API
RDFS
RIO
Sail API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL 1.1
JavaScript API.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Clojure
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScriptJavaScriptC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnowell-defined plugin interfaces; JavaScript server-side extensibilityfunctions in JavaScriptView functions in JavaScriptuser defined functions in Python
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layernonenonenonehorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerMulti-source replicationnonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate Consistency, Eventual consistency (configurable in cluster mode per master or individual client request)noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoConstraint checkingnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageDefault Basic authentication through RDF4J client, or via Java when run with cURL, default token-based in the Workbench or via Rest API, optional access through OpenID or Kerberos single sign-on.no
More information provided by the system vendor
GeoMesaGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIMJSqlDbLokiJSSQream DB
Specific characteristicsOntotext GraphDB is a semantic database engine that allows organizations to build...
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Competitive advantagesGraphDB allows you to link text and data in big knowledge graphs. It’s easy to experiment...
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Typical application scenariosMetadata enrichment and management, linked data publishing, semantic inferencing...
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Key customers​ GraphDB provides a platform for building next-generation AI and Knowledge Graph...
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Market metricsGraphDB is the most utilized semantic triplestore for mission-critical enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGraphDB Free is a non-commercial version and is free to use. GraphDB Enterprise edition...
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