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DBMS > GraphDB vs. HugeGraph vs. SQL.JS vs. TiDB

System Properties Comparison GraphDB vs. HugeGraph vs. SQL.JS vs. TiDB

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NameGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIM  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
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.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSPort of SQLite to JavaScriptTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score3.25
Rank#91  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
#4  RDF stores
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#74  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ontotext.comgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
sql.js.orgpingcap.com
Technical documentationgraphdb.ontotext.com/­documentationhugegraph.apache.org/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmldocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeGitHubMedium
DeveloperOntotextBaiduAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release2000201820122016
Current release10.4, October 20230.98.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoSome plugins of GraphDB Workbench are open sourcedOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaScriptGo, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support; RDF shapesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLstored SPARQL accessed as SQL using Apache Calcite through JDBC/ODBCnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes
APIs and other access methodsGeoSPARQL
GraphQL
GraphQL Federation
Java API
JDBC
RDF4J API
RDFS
RIO
Sail API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL 1.1
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
JavaScript APIGORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Clojure
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Groovy
Java
Python
JavaScriptAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureswell-defined plugin interfaces; JavaScript server-side extensibilityasynchronous Gremlin script jobsnono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenonehorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenoneUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnovia hugegraph-sparknoyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency, Eventual consistency (configurable in cluster mode per master or individual client request)Eventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoConstraint checkingyes infoedges in graphyesyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
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.Users, roles and permissionsnoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GraphDB infoformer name: OWLIMHugeGraphSQL.JSTiDB
Specific characteristicsOntotext GraphDB is a semantic database engine that allows organizations to build...
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TiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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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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- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosMetadata enrichment and management, linked data publishing, semantic inferencing...
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TiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customers​ GraphDB provides a platform for building next-generation AI and Knowledge Graph...
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Block, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metricsGraphDB is the most utilized semantic triplestore for mission-critical enterprise...
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34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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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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TiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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