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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. Drizzle vs. GridDB vs. Memgraph vs. Yaacomo

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Scalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbgriddb.netmemgraph.comyaacomo.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.griddb.netmemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperAmazonDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerToshiba CorporationMemgraph LtdQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release20072008201320172009
Current release7.2.4, September 20125.1, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C and C++
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
LinuxLinuxAndroid
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyes
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 indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)noyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Java
PHP
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnono infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationShardingShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioninghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDACID at container levelACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes 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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Pluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Amazon SimpleDBDrizzleGridDBMemgraphYaacomo
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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