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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Datomic vs. Drizzle vs. Memgraph vs. Virtuoso

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonVirtuoso  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.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jVirtuoso is a multi-model hybrid-RDBMS that supports management of data represented as relational tables and/or property graphs
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Native XML DBMS
Relational DBMS
RDF store
Search engine
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.16
Rank#333  Overall
#30  Graph DBMS
#146  Relational DBMS
Score1.76
Rank#145  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score3.00
Rank#102  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score4.20
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#4  Graph DBMS
#2  Native XML DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
#2  RDF stores
#9  Search engines
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.datomic.commemgraph.comvirtuoso.openlinksw.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.datomic.commemgraph.com/­docsdocs.openlinksw.com/­virtuoso
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.CognitectDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerMemgraph LtdOpenLink Software
Initial release20162012200820171998
Current release2.1, December 20181.0.6735, June 20237.2.4, September 20127.2.11, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infoFree license availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJava, ClojureC++C and C++C
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
LinuxAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyesschema-free and schema-optionalyes infoSQL - Standard relational schema
RDF - Quad (S, P, O, G) or Triple (S, P, O)
XML - DTD, XML Schema
DAV - freeform filesystem objects, plus User Defined Types a/k/a Dynamic Extension Type
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsnoyes infoSQL-92, SQL-200x, SQL-3, SQLX
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
RESTful HTTP APIJDBCBolt protocol
Cypher query language
ADO.NET
GeoSPARQL
HTTP API
JDBC
Jena RDF API
ODBC
OLE DB
RDF4J API
RESTful HTTP API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SOAP webservices
SPARQL 1.1
WebDAV
XPath
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Clojure
Java
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoTransaction Functionsnoyes infoVirtuoso PL
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 peersShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningyes
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 using RAFTChain, star, and bi-directional replication
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes 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.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPUsers, roles and permissionsFine-grained Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) in addition to typical coarse-grained Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) according to SQL-standard. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)
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AgensGraphDatomicDrizzleMemgraphVirtuoso
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Virtuoso is a modern multi-model RDBMS for managing data represented as tabular relations...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Performance & Scale — as exemplified by DBpedia and the LOD Cloud it spawned, i.e.,...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Used for — Analytics/BI Conceptual Data Virtualization Enterprise Knowledge Graphs...
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Key customersBroad use across enterprises and governments including — European Union (EU) US Government...
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Market metricsLargest installed-base ​of Multi-Model RDBMS for AI-friendly Knowledge Graphs Platform...
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Licensing and pricing modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
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Available in both Commercial Enterprise and Open Source (GPL v2) Editions Feature...
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