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DBMS > Datomic vs. Drizzle vs. GBase vs. Hypertable vs. Memgraph

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Drizzle vs. GBase vs. Hypertable vs. Memgraph

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.An open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.gbase.cnmemgraph.com
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.commemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperCognitectDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Hypertable Inc.Memgraph Ltd
Initial release20122008200420092017
Current release1.0.6735, June 20237.2.4, September 2012GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c0.9.8.11, March 2016
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC++C, Java, PythonC++C and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scans
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsStandard with numerous extensionsnono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBCADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
C++ API
Thrift
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
C
C++
Java
PHP
C#C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsnouser defined functionsno
TriggersBy using transaction functionsno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesselectable replication factor on file system levelMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyesyes 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.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPyesnoUsers, roles and permissions
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DatomicDrizzleGBaseHypertableMemgraph
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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