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DBMS > Amazon DynamoDB vs. GeoMesa vs. HugeGraph vs. JSqlDb vs. Neo4j

System Properties Comparison Amazon DynamoDB vs. GeoMesa vs. HugeGraph vs. JSqlDb vs. Neo4j

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NameAmazon DynamoDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionHosted, scalable database service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offerings
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Graph DBMS
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Score74.45
Rank#17  Overall
#3  Document stores
#2  Key-value stores
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score44.89
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­dynamodbwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
jsqldb.org (offline)neo4j.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­dynamodbwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlhugegraph.apache.org/­docsneo4j.com/­docs
DeveloperAmazonCCRi and othersBaiduKonrad von BackstromNeo4j, Inc.
Initial release20122014201820182007
Current release5.0.0, May 20240.90.8, December 20185.20, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree tier for a limited amount of database operationsOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaJava, Scala
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Unix
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexnoyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Lucene
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
ColdFusion
Erlang
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Groovy
Java
Python
JavaScript.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsfunctions in JavaScriptyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functions
Triggersyes infoby integration with AWS Lambdanononoyes infovia event handler
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layeryes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenoneyes using Neo4j Fabric
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesdepending on storage layeryes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infomay be implemented via Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR)yesvia hugegraph-sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
depending on storage layerEventual ConsistencyCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoedges in graphnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoACID across one or more tables within a single AWS account and regionnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)yes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageUsers, roles and permissionsUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)
More information provided by the system vendor
Amazon DynamoDBGeoMesaHugeGraphJSqlDbNeo4j
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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