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System Properties Comparison ArcadeDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Memgraph vs. MonetDB

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Name

Description

Fast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewritten

GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.

An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j

A relational database management system that stores data in columns

Primary database model

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS

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Spatial DBMS

Graph DBMS

Relational DBMS

Secondary database models

Document store
Spatial DBMS

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Score	0.02
Rank	#374	Overall
	#52	Document stores
	#38	Graph DBMS
	#56	Key-value stores
	#38	Time Series DBMS

Score	0.78
Rank	#214	Overall
	#4	Spatial DBMS

Score	2.91
Rank	#94	Overall
	#7	Graph DBMS

Score	1.72
Rank	#135	Overall
	#62	Relational DBMS

Website

Technical documentation

docs.arcadedb.com

www.geomesa.org/documentation/stable/user/index.html

memgraph.com/docs

www.monetdb.org/Documentation

Social network pages

Developer

Arcade Data

CCRi and others

Memgraph Ltd

MonetDB BV

Initial release

2021

2014

2017

2004

Current release

September 2021

5.0.1, July 2024

Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

Apache License 2.0

Open Source

BSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available

Open Source

Mozilla Public License 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Database as a Service

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Implementation language

Java

Scala

C and C++

Server operating systems

All OS with a Java VM

Linux

FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free and schema-optional

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language, no joins

yes

SQL 2003 with some extensions

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin

Bolt protocol
Cypher query language

JDBC
native C library

MAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC

Supported programming languages

Java

.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes, in SQL, C, R

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

depending on storage layer

Sharding

dynamic graph partitioning

Sharding via remote tables

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Source-replica replication

depending on storage layer

Multi-source replication using RAFT

none

Source-replica replication available in experimental status

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

depending on storage layer

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationship in graphs

yes

relationships in graphs

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

with snapshot isolation

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

with periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

depending on storage layer

yes

User concepts

Access control

yes

depending on the DBMS used for storage

Users, roles and permissions

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Licensing and pricing models

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