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System Properties Comparison OrientDB vs. Postgres-XL vs. SWC-DB vs. Tkrzw vs. Valentina Server

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Name

Description

Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)

Based on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features

A high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS

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

Object-relational database and reports server

Primary database model

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store

Secondary database models

Document store
Spatial DBMS

Time Series DBMS

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Trend Chart

Score	3.25
Rank	#89	Overall
	#16	Document stores
	#6	Graph DBMS
	#13	Key-value stores

Score	0.53
Rank	#254	Overall
	#117	Relational DBMS

Score	0.08
Rank	#364	Overall
	#13	Wide column stores

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

Score	0.21
Rank	#325	Overall
	#144	Relational DBMS

Website

orientdb.org

www.postgres-xl.org

github.com/kashirin-alex/swc-db
www.swcdb.org

dbmx.net/tkrzw

www.valentina-db.net

Technical documentation

www.orientdb.com/docs/last/index.html

www.postgres-xl.org/documentation

valentina-db.com/docs/dokuwiki/v5/doku.php

Developer

OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP

Alex Kashirin

Mikio Hirabayashi

Paradigma Software

Initial release

2010

2014

since 2012, originally named StormDB

2020

1999

Current release

3.2.29, March 2024

10 R1, October 2018

0.5, April 2021

0.9.3, August 2020

5.7.5

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache version 2

Open Source

Mozilla public license

Open Source

GPL V3

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

C++

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)

Linux
macOS

Linux

Linux
macOS

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

Schema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")

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.

yes

XML type, but no XML query functionality

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language, no joins

yes

distributed, parallel query execution

SQL-like query language

yes

APIs and other access methods

Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects

Proprietary protocol
Thrift

ODBC

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl

C++

C++
Java
Python
Ruby

.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Java, Javascript

user defined functions

yes

Triggers

Hooks

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

horizontal partitioning

Sharding

none

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Multi-source replication

none

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

could be achieved with distributed queries

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationship in graphs

yes

Transaction concepts

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

ACID

MVCC

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

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

yes

using specific database classes

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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