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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. GeoMesa vs. IBM Cloudant vs. JSqlDb vs. Neo4j

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. GeoMesa vs. IBM Cloudant vs. JSqlDb vs. Neo4j

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA real-time data warehousing service that can process petabytes of data with high concurrency and low latency. It is fully compatible with the MySQL protocol.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBJavaScript 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 modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.91
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score44.89
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlwww.geomesa.orgwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantjsqldb.org (offline)neo4j.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantneo4j.com/­docs
DeveloperAlibabaCCRi and othersIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Konrad von BackstromNeo4j, Inc.
Initial release2014201020182007
Current release5.0.0, May 20240.8, December 20185.20, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageScalaErlangJava, Scala
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnonoyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Lucene
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptfunctions in JavaScriptyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functions
Triggersyesnoyesnoyes infovia event handler
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicedepending on storage layerShardingnoneyes using Neo4j Fabric
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicedepending on storage layerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerEventual ConsistencyCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoatomic operations within a document possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesdepending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLGeoMesaIBM CloudantJSqlDbNeo4j
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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Neo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantagesTPC Benchmark: The world leading result in TPC-DS benchmark . TPC-H benchmark for...
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Neo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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Key customersOver 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Market metricsNeo4j boasts the world's largest graph database ecosystem with more than 140 million...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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GPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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