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System Properties Comparison OrientDB vs. RDFox vs. SurrealDB

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NameOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)High performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Document store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websiteorientdb.orgwww.oxfordsemantic.techsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.techsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPOxford Semantic TechnologiesSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release201020172022
Current release3.2.29, March 20246.0, Septermber 2022v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC++Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yes infoRDF schemasschema-free
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.no
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language, no joinsnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsTinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
Java
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, Javascript
TriggersHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableRoles, resources, and access typesyes, based on authentication and database rules

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