DBMS > Dgraph vs. Interbase vs. Memgraph vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Transwarp KunDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Interbase vs. Memgraph vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. Transwarp KunDB

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Name

Description

Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMS

Light-weight proven RDBMS

originally from Borland

An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j

Microsofts flagship relational DBMS

OLTP DBMS based on a distributed architecture and highly compatible with MySQL and Oracle

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Document store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS

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Score	1.45
Rank	#156	Overall
	#15	Graph DBMS

Score	4.61
Rank	#72	Overall
	#39	Relational DBMS

Score	3.02
Rank	#98	Overall
	#8	Graph DBMS

Score	824.29
Rank	#3	Overall
	#3	Relational DBMS

Score	0.10
Rank	#344	Overall
	#151	Relational DBMS

Website

dgraph.io

www.embarcadero.com/products/interbase

memgraph.com

www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server

www.transwarp.cn/en/product/kundb

Technical documentation

dgraph.io/docs

docs.embarcadero.com/products/interbase

memgraph.com/docs

learn.microsoft.com/en-US/sql/sql-server

Social network pages

Developer

Dgraph Labs, Inc.

Embarcadero

Memgraph Ltd

Microsoft

Transwarp

Initial release

2016

1984

2017

1989

Current release

InterBase 2020, December 2019

SQL Server 2022, November 2022

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache 2.0

commercial

Open Source

BSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available

commercial

restricted free version is available

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

C and C++

C++

Server operating systems

Linux
OS X
Windows

Android
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows

Linux

Linux
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

schema-free and schema-optional

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

export as XML data possible

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

APIs and other access methods

GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC

Bolt protocol
Cypher query language

ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)

Supported programming languages

C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby

.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby

.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

Interbase procedure and trigger language

Transact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Java

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

yes

none

Sharding

dynamic graph partitioning

tables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federation

horizontal partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Synchronous replication via Raft

Interbase Change Views

Multi-source replication using RAFT

yes, but depending on the SQL-Server Edition

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationships in graphs

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

with snapshot isolation

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Multiversion concurreny control

yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

with periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Planned for future releases

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

Users, roles and permissions

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

yes

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Licensing and pricing models

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