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DBMS > Manticore Search vs. RDFox vs. TerminusDB vs. Titan

System Properties Comparison Manticore Search vs. RDFox vs. TerminusDB vs. Titan

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NameManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTitan  Xexclude from comparison
Titan has been decommisioned after the takeover by Datastax. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking. A fork has been open-sourced as JanusGraph.
DescriptionMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.High performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsTitan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.
Primary database modelSearch engineGraph DBMS
RDF store
Graph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar LibraryRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitemanticoresearch.comwww.oxfordsemantic.techterminusdb.comgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan
Technical documentationmanual.manticoresearch.comdocs.oxfordsemantic.techterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#github.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wiki
DeveloperManticore SoftwareOxford Semantic TechnologiesDataChemist Ltd.Aurelius, owned by DataStax
Initial release2017201720182012
Current release6.0, February 20236.0, Septermber 202211.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache license, version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++Prolog, RustJava
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeFixed schemayes infoRDF schemasyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesyesyes
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.Can index from XMLno
Secondary indexesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsBinary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
Supported programming languagesElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
C
Java
JavaScript
Python
Clojure
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesyes
Triggersnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedGraph Partitioningyes infovia pluggable storage backends
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryreplication via a shared file systemJournaling Streamsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engine
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoRelationships in graph
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yesyes infoin-memory journalingyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcast
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRoles, resources, and access typesRole-based access controlUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Server

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