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DBMS > Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. Kdb vs. LeanXcale vs. Memgraph

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. Kdb vs. LeanXcale vs. Memgraph

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLeanXcale  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionHigh performance Time Series DBMSA highly scalable full ACID SQL database with fast NoSQL data ingestion and GIS capabilitiesAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#291  Overall
#41  Key-value stores
#132  Relational DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.esgyn.cnkx.comwww.leanxcale.commemgraph.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docscode.kx.commemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.EsgynKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcLeanXcaleMemgraph Ltd
Initial release201620152000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320152017
Current release3.6, May 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, JavaqC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free and schema-optional
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query language (q)yes infothrough Apache Derbyno
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
Java
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functions
Triggersnonoyes infowith views
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes 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.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsUsers, roles and permissions
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DgraphEsgynDBKdbLeanXcaleMemgraph
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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