OrientDB vs RedStore
OrientDB is a multiple database; RedStore is a rdf database. OrientDB (2010, Apache-2.0, Java) ranks #11 this month; RedStore (2010, GPL-3.0, C) ranks #143.
| Attribute | OrientDB | RedStore |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #11 | #143 |
| Score | 62.9 | 15.3 |
| GitHub stars | 5k | 65 |
| Popularity | 80.4 | 29.2 |
| Activity | 62.5 | 25.3 |
| Community | 57.4 | 62.7 |
| Research | 64.8 | 49.6 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | A distributed multi-model database combining graph and document models with TinkerPop support. Features sharding for horizontal scaling and ACID transactions. | A lightweight RDF triplestore with a built-in HTTP server and SPARQL endpoint, written in C on top of the Redland RDF libraries. Supports pluggable storage backends including Berkeley DB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite via Redland's storage modules. |
| Vendor | OrientDB Community | Nicholas Humfrey |
| Model | Multiple | RDF |
| Kind | database | database |
| Category | Enterprise | Emerging |
| First released | 2010 | 2010 |
| Status | active | inactive — Mature project with minimal recent activity. |
| License | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Java | C |
| Query languages | SQL, Gremlin | SPARQL |
| gdotv support | no | no |
Feature scores — not surveyed for RedStore
| Feature | OrientDB | RedStore |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | · | — |
| Schema support | ✓ | — |
| Secondary indexes | ✓ | — |
| Server side procedures | ✓ | — |
| Triggers | ✓ | — |
| Authentication | ✓ | — |
| Authorization | ✓ | — |
| Data encryption | ✓ | — |
Links
- OrientDB · website · github · full profile
- RedStore · website · github · full profile