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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Memcached vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SingleStore

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Memcached vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. SAP SQL Anywhere vs. SingleStore

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonSAP SQL Anywhere infoformerly called Adaptive Server Anywhere  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSRDBMS database and synchronization technologies for server, desktop, remote office, and mobile environmentsMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table type
Primary database modelGraph DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.20
Rank#164  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score16.69
Rank#34  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score786.87
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score2.87
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score4.19
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.memcached.orgwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sql-anywhere.htmlwww.singlestore.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikilearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_SQL_Anywheredocs.singlestore.com
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Danga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalMicrosoftSAP infoformerly SybaseSingleStore Inc.
Initial release20162003198919922013
Current release1.6.29, June 2024SQL Server 2022, November 202217, July 20158.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSD licensecommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercialcommercial infofree developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoCC++C++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux info64 bit version required
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesyesyes infobut no triggers and foreign keys
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Proprietary protocolADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
ADO.NET
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javayes, in C/C++, Java, .Net or Perlyes
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnonetables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationnoneSharding infohash partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityyes, but depending on the SQL-Server EditionSource-replica replication infoDatabase mirroringSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculations
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyesyes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardFine grained access control via users, groups and roles

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