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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. Dgraph vs. EDB Postgres vs. HarperDB vs. Hazelcast

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMSThe EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.A widely adopted in-memory data grid
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
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Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score1.91
Rank#130  Overall
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Websitearangodb.comdgraph.iowww.enterprisedb.comwww.harperdb.iohazelcast.com
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comdgraph.io/­docswww.enterprisedb.com/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docshazelcast.org/­imdg/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.Dgraph Labs, Inc.EnterpriseDBHarperDBHazelcast
Initial release20122016200520172008
Current release3.11.5, November 202314, December 20213.1, August 20215.3.6, November 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentscommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoCNode.jsJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeyesdynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.noyes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategy
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infostandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptnouser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.Custom Functions infosince release 3.1yes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Services
Triggersnonoyesnoyes infoEvents
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0yeshorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes infoReplicated Map
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus Algorithm
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commited
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesno infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access control
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Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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