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DBMS > Datomic vs. Drizzle vs. Memgraph

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Drizzle vs. Memgraph

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  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.
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.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score2.29
Rank#140  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score2.88
Rank#115  Overall
#6  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.commemgraph.com
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.commemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperCognitectDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerMemgraph Ltd
Initial release201220082017
Current release1.0.6735, June 20237.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercial infoFree license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureC++C and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free and schema-optional
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infowith proprietary extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBCBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsno
TriggersBy using transaction functionsno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingSharding 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
Multi-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes 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, HTTPUsers, roles and permissions
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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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