Comunica vs Cosmos DB
Comunica is a rdf database; Cosmos DB is a multiple database. Comunica (2018-06, MIT, TypeScript) ranks #36 this month; Cosmos DB (2014-08, Proprietary, C++) ranks #16.
| Attribute | Comunica | Cosmos DB |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #36 | #16 |
| Score | 53.1 | 60.4 |
| GitHub stars | 580 | — |
| Popularity | 61.3 | 73.8 |
| Activity | 70.6 | — |
| Community | 30.6 | 47.6 |
| Research | 50.3 | 88.5 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | A modular SPARQL query engine written in TypeScript that federates queries across heterogeneous linked data sources including SPARQL endpoints, RDF files, HDT archives, and Solid data pods. Runs in both Node.js and browsers. | A globally distributed multi-model database service on Microsoft Azure with property graph support through the Apache Gremlin API. Offers multi-region replication and multiple consistency models. |
| Vendor | Comunica Association | Microsoft |
| Model | RDF | Multiple |
| Kind | query-engine | database |
| Category | Emerging | Enterprise |
| First released | 2018-06 | 2014-08 |
| Status | active | active |
| License | MIT | Proprietary |
| Written in | TypeScript | C++ |
| Query languages | SPARQL, GraphQL | Gremlin, SQL |
| gdotv support | no | yes |
Feature scores — not surveyed for Comunica
| Feature | Comunica | Cosmos DB |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | — | ✓ |
| Commercial support | — | ✓ |
| Live community | — | 0.5 |
| Open Source | — | · |
| Pricing | — | ✓ |
| Trendiness | — | ✓ |
| Deployment | ||
| Containerization | — | 0.5 |
| 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 | — | 0.5 |
| 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 | — | ✓ |
| Transactions | ||
| Granular locking | — | · |
| Multiple isolation levels | — | ✓ |
| Read committed transaction | — | ✓ |
| Transaction support | — | 0.5 |
| Schema & Security | ||
| Constraints | — | · |
| Schema support | — | · |
| Secondary indexes | — | ✓ |
| Server side procedures | — | ✓ |
| Triggers | — | ✓ |
| Authentication | — | ✓ |
| Authorization | — | ✓ |
| Data encryption | — | ✓ |
Links
- Comunica · website · github · full profile
- Cosmos DB · website · full profile