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System Properties Comparison AllegroGraph vs. BigchainDB vs. Datomic vs. Geode vs. Memgraph

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NameAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelDocument store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score1.06
Rank#187  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websiteallegrograph.comwww.bigchaindb.comwww.datomic.comgeode.apache.orgmemgraph.com
Technical documentationfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmlbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.datomic.comgeode.apache.org/­docsmemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperFranz Inc.CognitectOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.Memgraph Ltd
Initial release20042016201220022017
Current release8.0, December 20231.0.6735, June 20231.1, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJava, ClojureJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
Data schemeyes infoRDF schemasschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 possiblenononono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL is used as query languagenonoSQL-like query language (OQL)no
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesC#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoJavaScript or Common Lispyes infoTransaction Functionsuser defined functions
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsyes infoCache Event Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeswith FederationShardingnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factornone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes, on a single nodeACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationyesnoAccess rights per client and object definableUsers, roles and permissions
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Competitive advantagesAllegroGraph is uniquely suited to support adhoc queries through SPARQL, Prolog and...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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