Bitsy vs SurrealDB

Bitsy is a property graph database; SurrealDB is a multiple database. Bitsy (2013-07, Apache-2.0, Java) ranks #114 this month; SurrealDB (2022-07, BUSL-1.1, Rust) ranks #8.

Attribute	Bitsy #114 ▼7 Growing	SurrealDB #8 ▲1 Leader
At a glance
Rank	#114	#8
Score	31.6	65.8
GitHub stars	150	33.2k
Popularity	38.1	74.2
Activity	43.9	63.3
Community	56.8	66.7
Research	50.0	52.2
Fundamentals
Description	A small, embeddable, durable in-memory property graph database implementing Apache TinkerPop3 (Gremlin), with ACID transactions and optimistic concurrency control aimed at multi-threaded OLTP workloads. It persists data to human-readable JSON transaction logs and runs in-process or behind Gremlin Server.	A multi-model database written in Rust that combines document, graph, and relational paradigms. Uses inter-document record links for graph traversals, with ACID transactions and row-level permissions.
Vendor	LambdaZen	SurrealDB
Model	Property Graph	Multiple
Kind	embedded	database
Category	Emerging	Growing
First released	2013-07	2022-07
Status	active	active
License	Apache-2.0	BUSL-1.1
Written in	Java	Rust
Query languages	Gremlin	SurrealQL, GraphQL, GQL
gdotv support	no	no

Feature scores — not surveyed for Bitsy

Feature	Bitsy	SurrealDB
Community & Business
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	—	0.75
	—	0.5
	—	✓
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Deployment
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Platform
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Operations
	—	·
	—	·
	—	✓
	—	·
Distribution
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
Developer Experience
	—	0.5
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
Data Model
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
Transactions
	—	·
	—	0.5
	—	✓
	—	✓
Schema & Security
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	✓
	—	0.5

Bitsy vs SurrealDB

Feature scores — not surveyed for Bitsy

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