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DBMS > Drizzle vs. HyperSQL vs. jBASE vs. Memgraph vs. Quasardb

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. HyperSQL vs. jBASE vs. Memgraph vs. Quasardb

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitehsqldb.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasememgraph.comquasar.ai
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9memgraph.com/­docsdoc.quasar.ai/­master
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Memgraph Ltdquasardb
Initial release20082001199120172009
Current release7.2.4, September 20122.7.2, June 20235.73.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infobased on BSD licensecommercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC and C++C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesAIX
Linux
Windows
LinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyesyes infointeger and binary
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsyesEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLyesno
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
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 infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelUsers, roles and permissionsCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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DrizzleHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBjBASEMemgraphQuasardb
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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