AllegroGraph vs MarkLogic
AllegroGraph is a rdf database; MarkLogic is a multiple database. AllegroGraph (2004, Proprietary, Common Lisp) ranks #27 this month; MarkLogic (2001, Proprietary, C++) ranks #52.
| Attribute | AllegroGraph | MarkLogic |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #27 | #52 |
| Score | 56.9 | 49.8 |
| GitHub stars | — | — |
| Popularity | 48.5 | 56.4 |
| Activity | 97.5 | 52.8 |
| Community | 36.3 | 36.3 |
| Research | 55.7 | 56.8 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | An RDF triple store with built-in ontology reasoning capabilities. Supports OWL2 RL materialized reasoning for inferring new triples and federated queries across distributed stores. | A multi-model NoSQL database with native RDF triple storage, SPARQL support, and semantic reasoning. Combines JSON, XML, and RDF data models with ACID transactions and integrated full-text search. |
| Vendor | Franz Inc | Progress Software |
| Model | RDF | Multiple |
| Kind | database | database |
| Category | Established | Enterprise |
| First released | 2004 | 2001 |
| Status | active | active |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Written in | Common Lisp | C++ |
| Query languages | SPARQL, Prolog | SPARQL, XQuery, SQL |
| gdotv support | yes | yes |
Feature scores — not surveyed for MarkLogic
| Feature | AllegroGraph | MarkLogic |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | ✓ | — |
| Commercial support | ✓ | — |
| Live community | · | — |
| Open Source | · | — |
| Pricing | ✓ | — |
| Trendiness | 0.5 | — |
| 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 | ✓ | — |
| 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
- AllegroGraph · website · full profile
- MarkLogic · website · full profile