Fluree vs OrientDB
Fluree is a rdf database; OrientDB is a multiple database. Fluree (2018-08, BUSL-1.1, Rust) ranks #29 this month; OrientDB (2010, Apache-2.0, Java) ranks #11. They differ on 20 of 46 surveyed features.
| Attribute | Fluree | OrientDB |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #29 | #11 |
| Score | 56.0 | 62.9 |
| GitHub stars | 457 | 5k |
| Popularity | 59.0 | 80.4 |
| Activity | 81.2 | 62.5 |
| Community | 35.4 | 57.4 |
| Research | 51.3 | 64.8 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | An immutable, append-only RDF graph database using JSON-LD as its data format. Features a blockchain-inspired ledger for data provenance and fine-grained access control policies. | A distributed multi-model database combining graph and document models with TinkerPop support. Features sharding for horizontal scaling and ACID transactions. |
| Vendor | Fluree | OrientDB Community |
| Model | RDF | Multiple |
| Kind | database | database |
| Category | Growing | Enterprise |
| First released | 2018-08 | 2010 |
| Status | active | active |
| License | BUSL-1.1 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Rust | Java |
| Query languages | FlureeQL, SPARQL, GraphQL | SQL, Gremlin |
| gdotv support | no | no |
Feature scores 20 of 46 rows differ
| Feature | Fluree | OrientDB |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | ✓ | ✓ |
| Commercial support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live community | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Open Source | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing | · | · |
| Trendiness | 0.5 | 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 | · | 0.5 |
| Replication support | · | ✓ |
| Developer Experience | ||
| Data types defined | ✓ | ✓ |
| Logging/Auditing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Object-Graph Mapper | · | · |
| Reactive programming | · | · |
| Documentation up-to-date | ✓ | 0.5 |
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Schema & Security | ||
| Constraints | 0.75 | · |
| Schema support | 0.5 | ✓ |
| Secondary indexes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Server side procedures | · | ✓ |
| Triggers | · | ✓ |
| Authentication | ✓ | ✓ |
| Authorization | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data encryption | ✓ | ✓ |
Links
- Fluree · website · github · full profile
- OrientDB · website · github · full profile