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System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. Apache Phoenix vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. LokiJS vs. Memgraph

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseDataStax Enterprise (DSE) is the always-on, scalable data platform built on Apache Cassandra and designed for hybrid Cloud. DSE integrates graph, search, analytics, administration, developer tooling, and monitoring into a unified platform.In-memory JavaScript DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelSearch engineRelational DBMSWide column storeDocument storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.81
Rank#137  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchphoenix.apache.orgwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmemgraph.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchphoenix.apache.orgdocs.datastax.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperAmazonApache Software FoundationDataStaxMemgraph Ltd
Initial release20122014201120142017
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20196.8, April 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaScriptC and C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Data schemeyesyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLnono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIJDBCProprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
JavaScript APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoView functions in JavaScript
Triggersnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requiredShardingSharding infono "single point of failure"noneSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
configurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingnoneMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes 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 changes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyAccess rights for users can be defined per objectnoUsers, roles and permissions
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Key customersCapital One, Cisco, Comcast, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft, Safeway, Sony, UBS, and...
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Market metricsAmong the Forbes 100 Most Innovative Companies, DataStax is trusted by 5 of the top...
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Licensing and pricing modelsAnnual subscription
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