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System Properties Comparison JanusGraph vs. Lovefield vs. Tkrzw vs. WakandaDB

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Name

Description

A Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters

It was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017

Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript

A concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet

WakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data

Primary database model

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Score	2.02
Rank	#125	Overall
	#12	Graph DBMS

Score	0.33
Rank	#286	Overall
	#131	Relational DBMS

Score	0.07
Rank	#372	Overall
	#57	Key-value stores

Score	0.10
Rank	#356	Overall
	#16	Object oriented DBMS

Website

janusgraph.org

google.github.io/lovefield

dbmx.net/tkrzw

wakanda.github.io

Technical documentation

docs.janusgraph.org

github.com/google/lovefield/blob/master/docs/spec_index.md

wakanda.github.io/doc

Developer

Linux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by Aurelius

Google

Mikio Hirabayashi

Wakanda SAS

Initial release

2017

2014

2020

2012

Current release

0.6.3, February 2023

2.1.12, February 2017

0.9.3, August 2020

2.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

AGPLv3, extended commercial license available

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

JavaScript

C++

C++, JavaScript

Server operating systems

Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows

server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)

tested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari

Linux
macOS

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

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

SQL-like query language

via JavaScript builder pattern

APIs and other access methods

Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster

RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

Clojure
Java
Python

JavaScript

C++
Java
Python
Ruby

JavaScript

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Triggers

yes

Using read-only observers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

yes

depending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

via Faunus, a graph analytics engine

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Relationships in graphs

yes

Transaction concepts

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

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

Supports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcast

yes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database

yes

In-memory capabilities

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

yes

using MemoryDB

yes

using specific database classes

User concepts

Access control

User authentification and security via Rexster Graph Server

yes

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Recent citations in the news

Simple Deployment of a Graph Database: JanusGraph
12 October 2020, Towards Data Science

Database Deep Dives: JanusGraph
8 August 2019, ibm.com

JanusGraph Picks Up Where TitanDB Left Off
13 January 2017, Datanami

Nordstrom Builds Flexible Backend Ops with Kubernetes, Spark and JanusGraph
3 October 2019, The New Stack

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15 September 2017, ibm.com

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