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DBMS > Databend vs. Memgraph vs. Snowflake

System Properties Comparison Databend vs. Memgraph vs. Snowflake

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NameDatabend  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open-source, elastic, and workload-aware cloud data warehouse designed to meet businesses' massive-scale analytics needs at low cost and with low complexityAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.27
Rank#290  Overall
#130  Relational DBMS
Score2.54
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score172.01
Rank#6  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­datafuselabs/­databend
www.databend.com
memgraph.comwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationdocs.databend.commemgraph.com/­docsdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperDatabend LabsMemgraph LtdSnowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release202120172014
Current release1.0.59, April 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyes
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Implementation languageRustC and C++
Server operating systemshosted
Linux
macOS
Linuxhosted
Data schemeyesschema-free and schema-optionalyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions
Triggersnono infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes 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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user rolesUsers, roles and permissionsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication

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