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System Properties Comparison OrientDB vs. VoltDB vs. YottaDB

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Name

Description

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

Distributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS

Used for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory

A fast and solid embedded Key-value store

Primary database model

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store

Relational DBMS

Key-value store

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

using the Octo plugin

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

Score	1.47
Rank	#157	Overall
	#73	Relational DBMS

Score	0.28
Rank	#306	Overall
	#44	Key-value stores

Website

orientdb.org

www.voltdb.com

yottadb.com

Technical documentation

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

docs.voltdb.com

yottadb.com/resources/documentation

Developer

OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP

VoltDB Inc.

YottaDB, LLC

Initial release

2010

2001

Current release

3.2.29, March 2024

11.3, April 2022

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache version 2

Open Source

AGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions

Open Source

AGPL 3.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

Java

Java, C++

Server operating systems

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

Linux
OS X

for development

Docker
Linux

Data scheme

schema-free

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

yes

schema-free

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.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language, no joins

yes

only a subset of SQL 99

by using the Octo plugin

APIs and other access methods

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

Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

PostgreSQL wire protocol

using the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol

Supported programming languages

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

C#
C++
Erlang

not officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript

Node.js
PHP
Python

C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Java, Javascript

Java

Triggers

Hooks

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Multi-source replication

Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

could be achieved with distributed queries

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationship in graphs

FOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported

Transaction concepts

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

ACID

Transactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures

optimistic locking

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Data access is serialized by the server

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

Snapshots and command logging

yes

In-memory capabilities

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

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

Users and roles with access to stored procedures

Users and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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