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DBMS > Citus vs. CockroachDB vs. Datomic vs. Memgraph

System Properties Comparison Citus vs. CockroachDB vs. Datomic vs. Memgraph

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NameCitus  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score2.15
Rank#117  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.citusdata.comwww.cockroachlabs.comwww.datomic.commemgraph.com
Technical documentationdocs.citusdata.comwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.datomic.commemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperCockroach LabsCognitectMemgraph Ltd
Initial release2010201520122017
Current release8.1, December 201824.1.0, May 20241.0.7075, December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCGoJava, ClojureC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yes infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionalitynonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnono
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBCRESTful HTTP APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Clojure
Java
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.noyes infoTransaction Functions
TriggersyesnoBy using transaction functions
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsMulti-source replication using RAFTnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yes 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.nonoyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlnoUsers, roles and permissions
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CitusCockroachDBDatomicMemgraph
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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