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System Properties Comparison AllegroGraph vs. Apache Cassandra vs. ArangoDB

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NameAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonApache Cassandra  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.
Primary database modelDocument store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Wide column storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.70
Rank#216  Overall
#36  Document stores
#19  Graph DBMS
#9  RDF stores
#12  Vector DBMS
Score102.58
Rank#11  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score2.91
Rank#86  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Websiteallegrograph.comcassandra.apache.orgarangodb.com
Technical documentationfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmlcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latestdocs.arangodb.com
DeveloperFranz Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookArangoDB Inc.
Initial release200420082012
Current release8.0, December 20235.0-rc1, July 20243.11.5, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF schemasschema-freeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collection
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hash
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.no infobulk load of XML files possibleno
Secondary indexesyesrestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL is used as query languageSQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)no
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
Supported programming languagesC#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoJavaScript or Common LispnoJavaScript
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeswith FederationSharding infono "single point of failure"Sharding infosince version 2.0
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSource-replica replication with configurable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScript
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Eventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationAccess rights for users can be defined per objectyes
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AllegroGraphApache CassandraArangoDB
Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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Graph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Consolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Native multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Cisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsApache Cassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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ArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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Very permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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