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DBMS > H2GIS vs. PouchDB vs. RDFox vs. TinkerGraph vs. TypeDB

System Properties Comparison H2GIS vs. PouchDB vs. RDFox vs. TinkerGraph vs. TypeDB

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NameH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpatial extension of H2JavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APITypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query language
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Graph DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.08
Rank#368  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#106  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.h2gis.orgpouchdb.comwww.oxfordsemantic.techtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlintypedb.com
Technical documentationwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homepouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.oxfordsemantic.techtypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperCNRSApache Software FoundationOxford Semantic TechnologiesVaticle
Initial release20132012201720092016
Current release7.1.1, June 20196.0, Septermber 20222.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC++JavaJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infoRDF schemasschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 infovia viewsnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
TinkerPop 3gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaScriptC
Java
Groovy
Java
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infobased on H2View functions in JavaScriptnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenoneSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infobased on H2Multi-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
replication via a shared file systemnoneMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeper
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)noyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesoptionalyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infobased on H2noRoles, resources, and access typesnoyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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H2GISPouchDBRDFoxTinkerGraphTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsTypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesTypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosLife sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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