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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Cassandra vs. Dgraph vs. Galaxybase vs. InfinityDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interface
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeGraph DBMSGraph DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score98.83
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#377  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphcassandra.apache.orgdgraph.iogalaxybase.comboilerbay.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdgraph.io/­docsboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manual
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookDgraph Labs, Inc.Chuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司Boiler Bay Inc.
Initial release20162008201620172002
Current release2.1, December 20184.1.3, July 2023Nov 20, November 20214.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaGoC and JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeStrong typed schemayes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgrade
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrays
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)nonono
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Browser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
Python
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonouser defined procedures and functionsno
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceSharding infono "single point of failure"yesShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSynchronous replication via Raftnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphsno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capability
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loads
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.nonoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per objectno infoPlanned for future releasesRole-based access controlno
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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