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DBMS > AnzoGraph DB vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. GigaSpaces vs. Spark SQL vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison AnzoGraph DB vs. Datastax Enterprise vs. GigaSpaces vs. Spark SQL vs. VelocityDB

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NameAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonDatastax Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable graph database built for online analytics and data harmonization with MPP scaling, high-performance analytical algorithms and reasoning, and virtualizationDataStax 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.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Wide column storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.29
Rank#303  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score5.93
Rank#56  Overall
#4  Wide column stores
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitecambridgesemantics.com/­anzographwww.datastax.com/­products/­datastax-enterprisewww.gigaspaces.comspark.apache.org/­sqlvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmdocs.datastax.comdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperCambridge SemanticsDataStaxGigaspaces TechnologiesApache Software FoundationVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20182011200020142011
Current release2.3, January 20216.8, April 202015.5, September 20203.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree trial version availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, C++, .NetScalaC#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL and SPARQL* as primary query language. Cypher preview.SQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL); Spark SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsApache Mule
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka
OData access for BI tools
OpenCypher
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language)
TinkerPop Gremlin infowith DSE Graph
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
Java
Python
R
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesnoyesnono
Triggersnoyesyes, event driven architecturenoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingSharding infono "single point of failure"Shardingyes, utilizing Spark CoreSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication in MPP-Clusterconfigurable replication factor, datacenter aware, advanced replication for edge computingMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsKerberos/HDFS data loadingyesyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency in MPP-ClusterImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency infoconsistency level can be individually decided with each write operation
Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infonot needed in graphsnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users can be defined per objectRole-based access controlnoBased on Windows Authentication
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AnzoGraph DBDatastax EnterpriseGigaSpacesSpark SQLVelocityDB
Specific characteristicsDataStax Enterprise is scale-out data infrastructure for enterprises that need to...
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Competitive advantagesSupporting the following application requirements: Zero downtime - Built on Apache...
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Typical application scenariosApplications that must be massively and linearly scalable with 100% uptime and able...
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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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