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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AllegroGraph vs. H2GIS vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. MonetDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSSpatial extension of H2Microsofts flagship relational DBMSA relational database management system that stores data in columns
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#187  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score824.29
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphallegrograph.comwww.h2gis.orgwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.monetdb.org
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homelearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverwww.monetdb.org/­Documentation
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Franz Inc.CNRSMicrosoftMonetDB BV
Initial release20162004201319892004
Current release2.1, December 20188.0, December 2023SQL Server 2022, November 2022Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0commercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaC++C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyes infoRDF schemasyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.nono infobulk load of XML files possiblenoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSPARQL is used as query languageyesyesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensions
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoJavaScript or Common Lispyes infobased on H2Transact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javayes, in SQL, C, R
Triggersnoyesyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancewith Federationnonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationSharding via remote tables
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infobased on H2yes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental status
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationyes infobased on H2fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AgensGraphAllegroGraphH2GISMicrosoft SQL ServerMonetDB
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Competitive advantagesAllegroGraph is uniquely suited to support adhoc queries through SPARQL, Prolog and...
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