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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Axibase vs. jBASE vs. Neo4j

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offerings
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score44.46
Rank#23  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseneo4j.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9neo4j.com/­docs
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAxibase CorporationRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Neo4j, Inc.
Initial release20162014201319912007
Current release2.1, December 2018155855.75.19, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJavaJava, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringoptionalyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Lucene
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languageEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyesyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functions
Triggersnoyesyesyesyes infovia event handler
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneShardingShardingyes using Neo4j Fabric
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replicationyesCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)
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AgensGraphAlaSQLAxibasejBASENeo4j
Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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Key customersOver 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Market metricsNeo4j boasts the world's largest graph database ecosystem with more than 140 million...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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