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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. GridGain vs. InfinityDB vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Pinecone

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial 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
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score821.56
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.gridgain.comboilerbay.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manuallearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.GridGain Systems, Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.MicrosoftPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release20162007200219892019
Current release2.1, December 2018GridGain 8.5.14.0SQL Server 2022, November 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercialcommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageCJava, C++, .NetJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
hosted
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesString, Number, Boolean
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.noyesnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)noTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Java
Triggersnoyes (cache interceptors and events)noyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingnonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federation
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes (replicated cache)noneyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Edition
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID
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.noyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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