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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. Apache Impala vs. Memgraph vs. TimescaleDB

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Apache Impala vs. Memgraph vs. TimescaleDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonTimescaleDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLAnalytic DBMS for HadoopAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA time series DBMS optimized for fast ingest and complex queries, based on PostgreSQL
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.17
Rank#320  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score10.63
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#94  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
Score4.06
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphimpala.apache.orgmemgraph.comwww.timescale.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlmemgraph.com/­docsdocs.timescale.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaMemgraph LtdTimescale
Initial release2016201320172017
Current release2.1, December 20184.1.0, June 20222.15.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC++C and C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnumerics, strings, booleans, arrays, JSON blobs, geospatial dimensions, currencies, binary data, other complex data types
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 indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyes infofull PostgreSQL SQL syntax
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java infoJDBC
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functions, PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Java, PL/PHP, PL/R, PL/Ruby, PL/Scheme, PL/Unix shell
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningyes, across time and space (hash partitioning) attributes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factorMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replication with hot standby and reads on replicas info
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
AgensGraphApache ImpalaMemgraphTimescaleDB
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Licensing and pricing modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
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