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DBMS > MonetDB vs. OpenQM vs. TerminusDB vs. TypeDB

System Properties Comparison MonetDB vs. OpenQM vs. TerminusDB vs. TypeDB

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NameMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA relational database management system that stores data in columnsQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query language
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSGraph 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 modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
RDF store
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Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#106  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.monetdb.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmterminusdb.comtypedb.com
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#typedb.com/­docs
DeveloperMonetDB BVRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsDataChemist Ltd.Vaticle
Initial release2004199320182016
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20233.4-1211.0.0, January 20232.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCProlog, RustJava
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infowith some exceptionsyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Python
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Ryesyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding via remote tablesyesGraph PartitioningSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyesJournaling StreamsMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeper
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelRole-based access controlyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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MonetDBOpenQM infoalso called QMTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistTypeDB 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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