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

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  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 PostgreSQLDistributed Database based on LuceneMySQL 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
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.71
Rank#227  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#10  Vector DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphcratedb.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantmemgraph.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationcratedb.com/­docscloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantmemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.CrateDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Memgraph Ltd
Initial release20162013200820102017
Current release2.1, December 20187.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCJavaC++ErlangC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hostedLinux
Data schemedepending on used data modelFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesschema-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 SQLyesyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilityyes infowith proprietary extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCRESTful HTTP/JSON APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
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 proceduresyesuser defined functions (Javascript)noView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScript
Triggersnonono 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 inheritanceShardingShardingShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelMulti-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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyACIDno 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 persistentyesyesyesyesyes 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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseUsers, roles and permissions
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AgensGraphCrateDBDrizzleIBM 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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