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System Properties Comparison EDB Postgres vs. EJDB vs. GraphDB vs. Memgraph vs. Spark SQL

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NameEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIM  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionThe EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.Embeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Enterprise-ready RDF and graph database with efficient reasoning, cluster and external index synchronization support. It supports also SQL JDBC access to Knowledge Graph and GraphQL over SPARQL.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Graph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score1.91
Rank#130  Overall
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#296  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score3.25
Rank#91  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
#4  RDF stores
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.enterprisedb.comgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.ontotext.commemgraph.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationwww.enterprisedb.com/­docsgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdgraphdb.ontotext.com/­documentationmemgraph.com/­docsspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
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DeveloperEnterpriseDBSoftmotionsOntotextMemgraph LtdApache Software Foundation
Initial release20052012200020172014
Current release14, December 202110.4, October 20233.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentsOpen Source infoGPLv2commercial infoSome plugins of GraphDB Workbench are open sourcedOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCCJavaC and C++Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
server-lessAll OS with a Java VM
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support; RDF shapesschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesyesyes
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.yes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes, supports real-time synchronization and indexing in SOLR/Elastic search/Lucene and GeoSPARQL geometry data indexesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infostandard with numerous extensionsnostored SPARQL accessed as SQL using Apache Calcite through JDBC/ODBCnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
in-process shared libraryGeoSPARQL
GraphQL
GraphQL Federation
Java API
JDBC
RDF4J API
RDFS
RIO
Sail API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL 1.1
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
Clojure
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.nowell-defined plugin interfaces; JavaScript server-side extensibilityno
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangenonenoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneMulti-source replicationMulti-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, Eventual consistency (configurable in cluster mode per master or individual client request)Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyes infoConstraint checkingyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoDefault Basic authentication through RDF4J client, or via Java when run with cURL, default token-based in the Workbench or via Rest API, optional access through OpenID or Kerberos single sign-on.Users, roles and permissionsno
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EDB PostgresEJDBGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIMMemgraphSpark SQL
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Competitive advantagesGraphDB allows you to link text and data in big knowledge graphs. It’s easy to experiment...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosMetadata enrichment and management, linked data publishing, semantic inferencing...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGraphDB Free is a non-commercial version and is free to use. GraphDB Enterprise edition...
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