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DBMS > Cachelot.io vs. InfluxDB vs. KairosDB vs. Memgraph vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB

System Properties Comparison Cachelot.io vs. InfluxDB vs. KairosDB vs. Memgraph vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB

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NameCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory caching systemDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jGlobally distributed, horizontally scalable, multi-model database service
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageSpatial DBMS
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Score0.04
Rank#388  Overall
#62  Key-value stores
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score27.71
Rank#27  Overall
#4  Document stores
#2  Graph DBMS
#3  Key-value stores
#3  Wide column stores
Websitecachelot.iowww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbmemgraph.comazure.microsoft.com/­services/­cosmos-db
Technical documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbkairosdb.github.iomemgraph.com/­docslearn.microsoft.com/­azure/­cosmos-db
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperMemgraph LtdMicrosoft
Initial release20152013201320172014
Current release2.7.6, April 20241.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicenseOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageC++GoJavaC and C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoNumeric data and Stringsyesyesyes infoJSON types
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnononoyes infoAll properties auto-indexed by default
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsMemcached protocolHTTP API
JSON over UDP
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
DocumentDB API
Graph API (Gremlin)
MongoDB API
RESTful HTTP API
Table API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
MongoDB client drivers written for various programming languages
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoJavaScript
TriggersnononoJavaScript
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoin enterprise version onlySharding infobased on CassandraSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononowith Hadoop integration infoIntegration with Hadoop/HDInsight on Azure*
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Consistent Prefix
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable on request level
Session Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID infowith snapshot isolationMulti-item ACID transactions with snapshot isolation within a partition
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoDepending on used storage enginenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accountssimple password-based access controlUsers, roles and permissionsAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
More information provided by the system vendor
Cachelot.ioInfluxDBKairosDBMemgraphMicrosoft Azure Cosmos DB infoformer name was Azure DocumentDB
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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