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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. Datomic vs. Drizzle vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Memgraph

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Datomic vs. Drizzle vs. IBM Cloudant vs. Memgraph

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
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Score0.16
Rank#333  Overall
#30  Graph DBMS
#146  Relational DBMS
Score1.76
Rank#145  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score2.73
Rank#108  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score3.00
Rank#102  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.datomic.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantmemgraph.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.datomic.comcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantmemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.CognitectDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Memgraph Ltd
Initial release20162012200820102017
Current release2.1, December 20181.0.6735, June 20237.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialcommercial infoFree license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageCJava, ClojureC++ErlangC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hostedLinux
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
RESTful HTTP APIJDBCRESTful HTTP/JSON APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Clojure
Java
C
C++
Java
PHP
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoTransaction FunctionsnoView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScript
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseUsers, roles and permissions
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AgensGraphDatomicDrizzleIBM CloudantMemgraph
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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