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DBMS > AllegroGraph vs. InterSystems Caché vs. LokiJS vs. Memgraph vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison AllegroGraph vs. InterSystems Caché vs. LokiJS vs. Memgraph vs. SWC-DB

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NameAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSA multi-model DBMS and application serverIn-memory JavaScript DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeGraph DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
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Score0.84
Rank#204  Overall
#35  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#10  Vector DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score2.91
Rank#94  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#378  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websiteallegrograph.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmemgraph.comgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmldocs.intersystems.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperFranz Inc.InterSystemsMemgraph LtdAlex Kashirin
Initial release20041997201420172020
Current release8.0, December 20232018.1.4, May 20200.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
Data schemeyes infoRDF schemasdepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free
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.no infobulk load of XML files possibleyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL is used as query languageyesnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoJavaScript or Common LispyesView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeswith FederationnonenoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationAccess rights for users, groups and rolesnoUsers, roles and permissions
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AllegroGraphInterSystems CachéLokiJSMemgraphSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness 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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