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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Memgraph vs. RDF4J vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Memgraph vs. RDF4J vs. TinkerGraph

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.A lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMSRDF storeGraph DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltmemgraph.comrdf4j.orgtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationmemgraph.com/­docsrdf4j.org/­documentation
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperMemgraph LtdSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release2013201720042009
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC and C++JavaJava
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyes infoRDF Schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesGo.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
PHP
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACID infowith snapshot isolationACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as welloptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers, roles and permissionsnono
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BoltDBMemgraphRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameTinkerGraph
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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