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DBMS > JanusGraph vs. QuestDB vs. SiteWhere vs. TerminusDB vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison JanusGraph vs. QuestDB vs. SiteWhere vs. TerminusDB vs. TigerGraph

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NameJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series dataScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score2.02
Rank#125  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#383  Overall
#43  Time Series DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitejanusgraph.orgquestdb.iogithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhereterminusdb.comwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdocs.janusgraph.orgquestdb.io/­docssitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.htmlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#docs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusQuestDB Technology IncSiteWhereDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20172014201020182017
Current release0.6.3, February 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0Open Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustJavaProlog, RustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolpredefined schemeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL with time-series extensionsnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)SQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJava API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
HTTP RESTOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
JavaScript
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyes
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)horizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding infobased on HBaseGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsnonoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServerUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptRole-based access controlRole-based access control
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JanusGraph infosuccessor of TitanQuestDBSiteWhereTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistTigerGraph
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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