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DBMS > Badger vs. Dgraph vs. Memgraph

System Properties Comparison Badger vs. Dgraph vs. Memgraph

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NameBadger  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score0.20
Rank#313  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Score1.25
Rank#160  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score2.54
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerdgraph.iomemgraph.com
Technical documentationgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerdgraph.io/­docsmemgraph.com/­docs
DeveloperDGraph LabsDgraph Labs, Inc.Memgraph Ltd
Initial release201720162017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageGoGoC and C++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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 indexesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonono
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesGoC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoPlanned for future releasesUsers, roles and permissions

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