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System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Neo4j vs. RocksDB vs. Rockset vs. SAP SQL Anywhere

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environments
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score44.46
Rank#23  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score3.65
Rank#85  Overall
#11  Key-value stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score4.25
Rank#79  Overall
#43  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comneo4j.comrocksdb.orgrockset.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.html
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comneo4j.com/­docsgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikidocs.rockset.comhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywhere
DeveloperCognitectNeo4j, Inc.Facebook, Inc.RocksetSAP infoformerly Sybase
Initial release20122007201320191992
Current release1.0.6735, June 20235.19, April 20248.11.4, April 202417, July 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoBSDcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureJava, ScalaC++C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnodynamic typingyes
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportedyes
Secondary indexesyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Lucenenoall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
C++ API
Java API
HTTP RESTADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsnonoyes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perl
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyes infovia event handlernoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyes using Neo4j Fabrichorizontal partitioningAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlyyesyesSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroring
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyesnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyesyes
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 developmentyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)noAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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DatomicNeo4jRocksDBRocksetSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere
Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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Key customersOver 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Market metricsNeo4j boasts the world's largest graph database ecosystem with more than 140 million...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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