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DBMS > PouchDB vs. SAP IQ vs. TerminusDB vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison PouchDB vs. SAP IQ vs. TerminusDB vs. TinkerGraph

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NamePouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitepouchdb.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlterminusdb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationpouchdb.com/­guideshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperApache Software FoundationSAP, formerly SybaseDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2012199420182009
Current release7.1.1, June 201916.1 SPS04, April 201911.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptProlog, RustJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 indexesyes infovia viewsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptyesyesno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerGraph Partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
SAP/Sybase Replication ServerJournaling Streamsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes infoin-memory journalingoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlno

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