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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. JanusGraph vs. JSqlDb vs. Neo4j

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. JanusGraph vs. JSqlDb vs. Neo4j

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offerings
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Graph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.14
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
#147  Relational DBMS
Score1.78
Rank#127  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphjanusgraph.orgjsqldb.org (offline)neo4j.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.janusgraph.orgneo4j.com/­docs
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Linux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusKonrad von BackstromNeo4j, Inc.
Initial release2016201720182007
Current release2.1, December 20181.0.0, October 20230.8, December 20185.23, August 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCJavaJava, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Lucene
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Clojure
Java
Python
JavaScript.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesfunctions in JavaScriptyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functions
Triggersnoyesnoyes infovia event handler
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)noneyes using Neo4j Fabric
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesnoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Causal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServerUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)
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