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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. InfinityDB vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Pinecone

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLA real-time data warehousing service that can process petabytes of data with high concurrency and low latency. It is fully compatible with the MySQL protocol.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlboilerbay.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manuallearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.AlibabaBoiler Bay Inc.MicrosoftPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release2016200219892019
Current release2.1, December 20184.0SQL Server 2022, November 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercialcommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageCJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
hosted
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesString, Number, Boolean
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.noyesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C#
Java
PHP
Python
JavaC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnoTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Java
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federation
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Edition
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AgensGraphAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLInfinityDBMicrosoft SQL ServerPinecone
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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