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System Properties Comparison GraphDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. HBase vs. Trafodion

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NameGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIM  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionEnterprise-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.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Time Series DBMSWide column storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.25
Rank#91  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
#4  RDF stores
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Websitewww.ontotext.comgreptime.comhbase.apache.orgtrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationgraphdb.ontotext.com/­documentationdocs.greptime.comhbase.apache.org/­book.htmltrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeGitHubMedium
DeveloperOntotextGreptime Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release2000202220082014
Current release10.4, October 20232.3.4, January 20212.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoSome plugins of GraphDB Workbench are open sourcedOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaRustJavaC++, Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Data schemeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support; RDF shapesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free, schema definition possibleyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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 indexesyes, supports real-time synchronization and indexing in SOLR/Elastic search/Lucene and GeoSPARQL geometry data indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLstored SPARQL accessed as SQL using Apache Calcite through JDBC/ODBCyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsGeoSPARQL
GraphQL
GraphQL Federation
Java API
JDBC
RDF4J API
RDFS
RIO
Sail API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL 1.1
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Clojure
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureswell-defined plugin interfaces; JavaScript server-side extensibilityPythonyes infoCoprocessors in JavaJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency, Eventual consistency (configurable in cluster mode per master or individual client request)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoConstraint checkingnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDefault 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.Simple rights management via user accountsAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GraphDB infoformer name: OWLIMGreptimeDBHBaseTrafodion
Specific characteristicsOntotext GraphDB is a semantic database engine that allows organizations to build...
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GreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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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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- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosMetadata enrichment and management, linked data publishing, semantic inferencing...
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For IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customers​ GraphDB provides a platform for building next-generation AI and Knowledge Graph...
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Greptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGraphDB is the most utilized semantic triplestore for mission-critical enterprise...
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GreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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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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GreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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