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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Manticore Search vs. Memgraph vs. RDF4J

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Manticore Search vs. Memgraph vs. RDF4J

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.
Primary database modelGraph DBMSSearch engineGraph DBMSRDF store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Websitedgraph.iomanticoresearch.commemgraph.comrdf4j.org
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsmanual.manticoresearch.commemgraph.com/­docsrdf4j.org/­documentation
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Manticore SoftwareMemgraph LtdSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.
Initial release2016201720172004
Current release6.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC++C and C++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeFixed schemaschema-free and schema-optionalyes infoRDF Schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesyes
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.noCan index from XMLno
Secondary indexesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding infodynamic graph partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryMulti-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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID infowith snapshot isolationACID infoIsolation support depends on the API used
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as well
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesnoUsers, roles and permissionsno
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DgraphManticore SearchMemgraphRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame
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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