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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute vs. Amazon SimpleDB vs. GigaSpaces vs. Neo4j

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlibaba Cloud MaxCompute  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLMaxCompute (previously known as ODPS) is a general purpose, fully managed, multi-tenancy data processing platform for large-scale data warehousingHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsScalable, 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
Relational DBMS infoa graph-processing framework is available with the graphs being stored in tablesKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.77
Rank#214  Overall
#98  Relational DBMS
Score1.85
Rank#138  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score44.46
Rank#23  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­maxcomputeaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.gigaspaces.comneo4j.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­maxcomputedocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlneo4j.com/­docs
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.AlibabaAmazonGigaspaces TechnologiesNeo4j, Inc.
Initial release20162016200720002007
Current release2.1, December 201815.5, September 20205.19, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
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Implementation languageCJava, C++, .NetJava, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedhostedLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.nonono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadata
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Lucene
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languagenoSQL-99 for query and DML statementsno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
Fluentd
Flume
MaxCompute Console
RESTful HTTP APIGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
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
Java.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions infoin Javanoyesyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functions
Triggersnononoyes, event driven architectureyes infovia event handler
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingyes using Neo4j Fabric
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Causal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDACID
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Role-based access controlUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)
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AgensGraphAlibaba Cloud MaxComputeAmazon SimpleDBGigaSpacesNeo4j
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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