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DBMS > Dgraph vs. GridDB vs. KairosDB vs. Memgraph vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. GridDB vs. KairosDB vs. Memgraph vs. SwayDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#233  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitedgraph.iogriddb.netgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbmemgraph.comswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.griddb.netkairosdb.github.iomemgraph.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Toshiba CorporationMemgraph LtdSimer Plaha
Initial release20162013201320172018
Current release5.1, August 20221.2.2, November 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++JavaC and C++Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyesno
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)nonono
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infodynamic graph partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication using RAFTnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID at container levelnoACID infowith snapshot isolationAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesAccess rights for users can be defined per databasesimple password-based access controlUsers, roles and permissionsno
More information provided by the system vendor
DgraphGridDBKairosDBMemgraphSwayDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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