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DBMS > OrientDB vs. RocksDB vs. TerarkDB vs. TypeDB

System Properties Comparison OrientDB vs. RocksDB vs. TerarkDB vs. TypeDB

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NameOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Embeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)A key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBTypeDB provides developers with an expressive, customizable type system to manage their data using an award-winning query language, TypeQL, while building on a high-performance, distributed architecture.
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Key-value storeKey-value storeGraph DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the graph database model.
Object oriented DBMS infoThe data model of TypeDB comprises object-oriented features such as class inheritance and interfaces.
Relational DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the relational database model.
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.02
Rank#88  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.65
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#9  Object oriented DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Websiteorientdb.orgrocksdb.orggithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbtypedb.com
Technical documentationwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikibytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKctypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPFacebook, Inc.ByteDance, originally TerarkVaticle
Initial release2010201320162016
Current release3.2.29, March 20249.4.0, June 20242.28.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoBSDcommercial inforestricted open source version availableOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language, no joinsnonono
APIs and other access methodsTinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
C++ API
Java API
C++ API
Java API
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (IDE)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
All JVM based languages
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, Javascriptnonono
TriggersHooksnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningnoneno
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesnoneSynchronous replication via raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationship in graphsnonono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurablenonoyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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OrientDBRocksDBTerarkDBTypeDB 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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