Akutan vs ArangoDB
Akutan is a rdf database; ArangoDB is a multiple database. Akutan (2019-04, Apache-2.0, Go) ranks #117 this month; ArangoDB (2012-03, BSL-1.1, C++) ranks #2.
| Attribute |  Akutan |  ArangoDB |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #117 | #2 |
| Score | 25.9 | 67.5 |
| GitHub stars | 1.7k | 14.2k |
| Popularity | 43.3 | 87.7 |
| Activity | 25.2 | 74.0 |
| Community | 31.0 | 52.0 |
| Research | — | 78.9 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | A distributed knowledge graph store built by eBay for storing and querying billions of facts. Uses a centralized log for serializing transactional updates across a cluster. | A multi-model database supporting graphs, key-value pairs, and documents in a unified JSON-based data model. Offers both an in-memory storage engine and a RocksDB-based engine for larger datasets. |
| Vendor | eBay | ArangoDB Inc |
| Model | RDF | Multiple |
| Kind | database | database |
| Category | Emerging | Enterprise |
| First released | 2019-04 | 2012-03 |
| Status | inactive — Repository archived February 2022. Never reached production readiness. | active |
| License | Apache-2.0 | BSL-1.1 |
| Written in | Go | C++ |
| Query languages | Custom API | AQL |
| gdotv support | no | no |
Feature scores — not surveyed for Akutan
| Feature | Akutan | ArangoDB |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | — | ✓ |
| Commercial support | — | ✓ |
| Live community | — | 0.5 |
| Open Source | — | ✓ |
| Pricing | — | · |
| Trendiness | — | 0.25 |
| Deployment | ||
| Containerization | — | ✓ |
| Work as dedicated instance | — | ✓ |
| Work as embedded | — | · |
| Testing in-memory version | — | ✓ |
| Platform | ||
| Operating on Linux | — | ✓ |
| Operating on Windows | — | ✓ |
| SaaS offering | — | · |
| Operations | ||
| Automatic updates | — | · |
| Client side caching | — | · |
| Data versioning support | — | · |
| Live backups | — | ✓ |
| Distribution | ||
| Cluster Re-balancing | — | ✓ |
| Data Distribution | — | ✓ |
| High-Availability | — | ✓ |
| Query Distribution | — | ✓ |
| Replication support | — | ✓ |
| Developer Experience | ||
| Data types defined | — | ✓ |
| Logging/Auditing | — | ✓ |
| Object-Graph Mapper | — | ✓ |
| Reactive programming | — | · |
| Documentation up-to-date | — | ✓ |
| Binary protocol | — | ✓ |
| CLI | — | ✓ |
| GUI | — | ✓ |
| Data Model | ||
| Multi-database | — | ✓ |
| Graph-native data | — | · |
| REST API | — | ✓ |
| Query Language | — | 0.5 |
| Transactions | ||
| Granular locking | — | · |
| Multiple isolation levels | — | · |
| Read committed transaction | — | · |
| Transaction support | — | ✓ |
| Schema & Security | ||
| Constraints | — | ✓ |
| Schema support | — | 0.5 |
| Secondary indexes | — | ✓ |
| Server side procedures | — | 0.5 |
| Triggers | — | · |
| Authentication | — | ✓ |
| Authorization | — | 0.5 |
| Data encryption | — | ✓ |
Links
- Akutan · website · github · full profile
- ArangoDB · website · github · full profile