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DBMS > Derby vs. Memgraph vs. SurrealDB vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Memgraph vs. SurrealDB vs. TinkerGraph

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMSA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Graph DBMS
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Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbymemgraph.comsurrealdb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlmemgraph.com/­docssurrealdb.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMemgraph LtdSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release1997201720222009
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++RustJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCBolt protocol
Cypher query language
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication using RAFTnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissionsyes, based on authentication and database rulesno
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBMemgraphSurrealDBTinkerGraph
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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