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System Properties Comparison Realm vs. Spark SQL vs. StarRocks vs. STSdb vs. TypeDB

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NameRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query language
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score0.65
Rank#234  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Websiterealm.iospark.apache.org/­sqlwww.starrocks.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4typedb.com
Technical documentationrealm.io/­docsspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introtypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Apache Software FoundationThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023STS Soft SCVaticle
Initial release20142014202020112016
Current release3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20232.5.3, March 20234.0.8, September 20152.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaC++, JavaC#Java
Server operating systemsAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxWindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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 indexesyesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
MySQL protocol
.NET Client APIgRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
Supported programming languages.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Java
Python
R
Scala
JavaC#
Java
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynouser defined functionsnono
Triggersyes infoChange Listenersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes, utilizing Spark Corehorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)noneSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeper
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoIn-Memory realmnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnoyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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RealmSpark SQLStarRocksSTSdbTypeDB 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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