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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Memgraph vs. OceanBase vs. TigerGraph

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonOceanBase  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA distributed, high available RDBMS compatible with Oracle and MySQLA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelGraph DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score1.66
Rank#147  Overall
#68  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitedgraph.iomemgraph.comen.oceanbase.comwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsmemgraph.com/­docsen.oceanbase.com/­docs/­oceanbase-databasedocs.tigergraph.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Memgraph LtdOceanBase infopreviously Alibaba and Ant Group
Initial release2016201720102017
Current release4.3.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoCommercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC and C++C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyesyes
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 indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Proprietary native API
Table API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Ada infoin MySQL-compatible model
C infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
C++ infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
D infoin MySQL-compatible model
Delphi infoin MySQL-compatible model
Eiffel infoin MySQL-compatible model
Erlang infoin MySQL-compatible model
Haskell infoin MySQL-compatible model
Java infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
JavaScript (Node.js) infoin MySQL-compatible model
Objective-C infoin MySQL-compatible model
OCaml infoin MySQL-compatible model
Perl infoin MySQL-compatible model
PHP infoin MySQL-compatible model
Python infoin MySQL-compatible model
Ruby infoin MySQL-compatible model
Scheme infoin MySQL-compatible model
Tcl infoin MySQL-compatible model
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPL/SQL in oracle-compatible mode, MySQL Stored Procedure in mysql-compatible modeyes
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesSharding infodynamic graph partitioninghorizontal partitioning (by hash, key, range, range columns, list, and list columns)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication using Paxos
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesUsers, roles and permissionsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardRole-based access control
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DgraphMemgraphOceanBaseTigerGraph
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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OceanBase Database is the world’s only native distributed database that has set new...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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High Availability : The five IDCs across three sites disaster recovery solution sets...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Key customersOceanBase Database has helped over 400 customers across industries upgrade their...
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Market metricsTPC-C No.1 Performance , achieved a result of 707.35 million tpmC in the TPC-C benchmark...
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Licensing and pricing modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
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Mulan PubL v2 license for open source community edition. Commercial license for enterprise...
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