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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute vs. Dolt vs. Neo4j vs. SwayDB vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameAlibaba Cloud MaxCompute  Xexclude from comparisonDolt  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMaxCompute (previously known as ODPS) is a general purpose, fully managed, multi-tenancy data processing platform for large-scale data warehousingA MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa graph-processing framework is available with the graphs being stored in tablesRelational DBMSGraph DBMSKey-value storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.84
Rank#209  Overall
#98  Relational DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#191  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Score44.89
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#15  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­maxcomputegithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
neo4j.comswaydb.simer.auwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­maxcomputedocs.dolthub.comneo4j.com/­docs
DeveloperAlibabaDoltHub IncNeo4j, Inc.Simer Plaha
Initial release20162018200720182023
Current release5.20, May 20241.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageGoJava, ScalaScalaC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoVector, Numeric and String
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 indexesnoyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Lucenenono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsFluentd
Flume
MaxCompute Console
CLI Client
HTTP REST
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
Kotlin
Scala
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infoin Javayes infocurrently in alpha releaseyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsnono
Triggersnoyesyes infovia event handlernono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenoneyes using Neo4j FabricnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.Causal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDAtomic execution of operationsno
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)noRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j 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 modelsGPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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