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DBMS > RDFox vs. Teradata Aster vs. TerminusDB vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison RDFox vs. Teradata Aster vs. TerminusDB vs. TinkerGraph

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NameRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning enginePlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and typesScalable 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 modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.29
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.oxfordsemantic.techterminusdb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdocs.oxfordsemantic.techterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperOxford Semantic TechnologiesTeradataDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2017200520182009
Current release6.0, Septermber 202211.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Prolog, RustJava
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyes infoRDF schemasFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Storeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yes infoin Aster File Storenono
Secondary indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)no
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC
Java
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
JavaScript
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresR packagesyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingGraph Partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesreplication via a shared file systemyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.Journaling Streamsnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Frameworknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes 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 controlRoles, resources, and access typesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlno

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