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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Neo4j vs. PieCloudDB vs. Sadas Engine

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score44.89
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#373  Overall
#157  Relational DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgneo4j.comwww.openpie.comwww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlneo4j.com/­docswww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperApache Software FoundationNeo4j, Inc.OpenPieSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release201820072006
Current release1.1.0, April 20235.20, May 20242.1, January 20238.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaJava, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free and schema-optionalyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyes infovia event handlernono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)yes using Neo4j Fabricyeshorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlyyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Causal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlyesUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)User Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL StandardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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Apache IoTDBNeo4jPieCloudDBSadas Engine
Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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PieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Extreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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PieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersOver 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Sail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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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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PieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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