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CogDB

An embedded graph database for Python with built-in persistence, traversal, and semantic vector search. It runs entirely in-process, stores graph data as triples, and exposes Torque, a Python-native API for querying relationships.

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Vendor
NodeFn Inc.
Type
RDF
Kind
Embedded
Category
Emerging
Released
July 2018
License
MIT
Language
Python
Query Languages
Custom API

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Feature Scores

Community & Business

Active development
Updated within last 3 months
Commercial support
No commercial support
Live community
25-50% of issues addressed
Open Source
Open source license
Pricing
Pricing publicly available
Trendiness
Declining trend

Deployment

Containerization
No container image
Work as dedicated instance
Can run as standalone server
Work as embedded
Can embed in application
Testing in-memory version
No in-memory option

Platform

Operating on Linux
Linux officially supported
Operating on Windows
Open source (Windows compatible)
SaaS offering
Cloud service available

Operations

Automatic updates
Manual updates only
Client side caching
No client-side caching
Data versioning support
No versioning
Live backups
No live backups

Distribution

Cluster Re-balancing
No auto-rebalancing
Data Distribution
No sharding
High-Availability
No HA support
Query Distribution
No distributed queries
Replication support
No replication

Developer Experience

Data types defined
Basic data types only
Logging/Auditing
No logging/auditing
Object-Graph Mapper
No object mapper
Reactive programming
No reactive programming
Documentation up-to-date
Docs current with latest version
Binary protocol
Text-based protocols only
CLI
No CLI
GUI
No GUI

Data Model

Multi-database
Graph-only
Graph-native data
Native graph storage
REST API
REST endpoint available
Query Language
Proprietary query language

Transactions

Granular locking
No granular locking
Multiple isolation levels
Read uncommitted only
Read committed transaction
Not available
Transaction support
No transactions

Schema & Security

Constraints
No constraints
Schema support
Schema-less
Secondary indexes
Primary index only
Server side procedures
No stored procedures
Triggers
No triggers
Authentication
No authentication
Authorization
No authorization
Data encryption
No encryption