DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Couchbase vs. Neo4j vs. OpenEdge vs. SAP HANA vs. ScyllaDB

System Properties Comparison Couchbase vs. Neo4j vs. OpenEdge vs. SAP HANA vs. ScyllaDB

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameCouchbase infoOriginally called Membase  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonSAP HANA  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed document store with integrated cache, a powerful search engine, in-built operational and analytical capabilities, and an embedded mobile databaseScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsApplication development environment with integrated database management systemIn-memory, column based data store. Available as appliance or cloud serviceCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelDocument storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store infooriginating from the former Membase product and supporting the Memcached protocol
Spatial DBMS infousing the Geocouch extension
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS infowith SAP Hana, Enterprise Edition
Spatial DBMS
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score19.15
Rank#36  Overall
#5  Document stores
Score44.36
Rank#23  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score3.53
Rank#94  Overall
#49  Relational DBMS
Score45.49
Rank#22  Overall
#16  Relational DBMS
Score5.69
Rank#67  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.couchbase.comneo4j.comwww.progress.com/­openedgewww.sap.com/­products/­hana.htmlwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationdocs.couchbase.comneo4j.com/­docsdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latesthelp.sap.com/­hanadocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperCouchbase, Inc.Neo4j, Inc.Progress Software CorporationSAPScyllaDB
Initial release20112007198420102015
Current releaseServer: 7.2, June 2023; Mobile: 3.1, March 2022; Couchbase Capella (DBaaS), June 20235.18.1, March 2024OpenEdge 12.2, March 20202.0 SPS07 (April 4, 2023), April 2023ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBusiness Source License (BSL 1.1); Commercial licenses also availableOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono infoalso available as a cloud based serviceno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Neo4j Aura: Neo4j’s fully managed cloud service: The zero-admin, always-on graph database for cloud developers.Scylla Cloud: Create real-time applications that run at global scale with Scylla Cloud, the industry’s most powerful NoSQL DBaaS
Implementation languageC, C++, Go and ErlangJava, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Appliance or cloud-serviceLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL++, extends ANSI SQL to JSON for operational, transactional, and analytic use casesnoyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
HTTP REST
Kafka Connector
Native language bindings for CRUD, Query, Search and Analytics APIs
Spark Connector
Spring Data
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
C
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Kotlin
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresFunctions and timers in JavaScript and UDFs in Java, Python, SQL++yes infoUser defined Procedures and FunctionsyesSQLScript, Ryes, Lua
Triggersyes infovia the TAP protocolyes infovia event handleryesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic Shardingyes using Neo4j Fabrichorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4yesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infoincluding cross data center replication
Source-replica replication
Causal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlySource-replica replicationyesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infoselectable on a per-operation basis
Causal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoEphemeral bucketsnoyesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlUser and Administrator separation with password-based and LDAP integrated Authentication. Role-base access control.Users, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)Users and groupsyesAccess rights for users can be defined per object
More information provided by the system vendor
Couchbase infoOriginally called MembaseNeo4jOpenEdgeSAP HANAScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
» more
ScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
» more
Competitive advantagesNeo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
» more
Highly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
» more
Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
» more
ScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
» more
Key customersOver 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
» more
Discord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
» more
Market metricsNeo4j boasts the world's largest graph database ecosystem with more than 140 million...
» more
ScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsGPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
» more
ScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
» more
News

Neo4j Integrates with Microsoft to Evolve Data Analytics and Enhance GenAI
26 March 2024

This Week in Neo4j: Data Modeling, GenAI, GraphQL, App Development and more
23 March 2024

This Week in Neo4j: Cypher, GenAI, Podcast, Graph Databases and more
16 March 2024

This Week in Neo4j: GenAI, Python, SpringAI, PHP and more
9 March 2024

This Week in Neo4j: GraphAcademy, Algorithms, GenAI, Knowledge Graphs and more
2 March 2024

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services
3rd partiesCData: Connect to Big Data & NoSQL through standard Drivers.
» more
CData: Connect to Big Data & NoSQL through standard Drivers.
» more

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Couchbase infoOriginally called MembaseNeo4jOpenEdgeSAP HANAScyllaDB
DB-Engines blog posts

Couchbase climbs up the DB-Engines Ranking, increasing its popularity by 10% every month
2 June 2014, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Applying Graph Analytics to Game of Thrones
12 June 2019, Amy Hodler & Mark Needham, Neo4j (guest author)

MySQL, PostgreSQL and Redis are the winners of the March ranking
2 March 2016, Paul Andlinger

The openCypher Project: Help Shape the SQL for Graphs
22 December 2015, Emil Eifrem (guest author)

show all

Recent citations in the news

Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASE) SVP Sells $310254.99 in Stock
27 March 2024, Defense World

Insider Sell: Couchbase Inc (BASE) SVP & Chief Revenue Officer Huw Owen Disposes of Shares
26 March 2024, Yahoo Finance

Couchbase executive sells over $123k in company stock By Investing.com
25 March 2024, Investing.com

Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASE) SVP Huw Owen Sells 11,581 Shares
26 March 2024, MarketBeat

Couchbase Server and Capella to gain vector support
1 March 2024, InfoWorld

provided by Google News

Neo4j, Microsoft add graph features to Azure AI services
26 March 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Neo4j Announces Collaboration with Microsoft to Advance GenAI and Data Solutions
26 March 2024, Yahoo Finance

Neo4j collaborates with Microsoft to advance GenAI and data solutions
27 March 2024, Scientific Computing World

Neo4j combines with Microsoft for next generation generative AI solutions -
26 March 2024, Enterprise Times

Neo4j Announces Collaboration with Microsoft to Advance GenAI and Data Solutions
26 March 2024, Barchart

provided by Google News

OpenEdge Application Development | Progress OpenEdge
14 September 2014, Progress Software

Progress Announces Quick Start for OpenEdge on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
16 February 2021, Yahoo Finance

PoC Exploit Released for OpenEdge Authentication Gateway & AdminServer Vulnerability
11 March 2024, GBHackers

provided by Google News

How Women Shape AI at SAP
22 March 2024, SAP News

Automating the update process of a clustered SAP HANA DB using nZDT and Ansible | Amazon Web Services
16 November 2023, AWS Blog

SAP S/4 HANA Cloud
11 March 2024, Capgemini

5 Big AWS News Stories Around Amazon Olympus, SAP HANA And AI
10 November 2023, CRN

Surviving the Storm: Disaster-recovery for SAP HANA Downtime
21 August 2023, Spiceworks News and Insights

provided by Google News

ScyllaDB Raises $43M to Take on MongoDB at Scale, Push Database Performance to New Levels
17 October 2023, Datanami

ScyllaDB on AWS is a NoSQL Database Built for Gigabyte-to-Petabyte Scale | Amazon Web Services
6 January 2023, AWS Blog

Scylla review: Apache Cassandra supercharged
18 December 2019, InfoWorld

Scylla vs Cassandra: Performance Comparison - DataScienceCentral.com
9 January 2020, Data Science Central

ScyllaDB Launches Scylla Cloud Database as a Service
14 April 2019, insideBIGDATA

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

SingleStore logo

Database for your real-time AI and Analytics Apps.
Try it today.

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Ontotext logo

GraphDB allows you to link diverse data, index it for semantic search and enrich it via text analysis to build big knowledge graphs. Get it free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Present your product here