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System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. FileMaker vs. Hawkular Metrics vs. Neo4j vs. Spark SQL

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHawkular Metrics  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Hawkular metrics is the metric storage of the Red Hat sponsored Hawkular monitoring system. It is based on Cassandra.Scalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.30
Rank#294  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#374  Overall
#38  Time Series DBMS
Score44.47
Rank#23  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score19.15
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.hawkular.orgneo4j.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.hawkular.org/­hawkular-metrics/­docs/­user-guideneo4j.com/­docsspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperSoftmotionsClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleCommunity supported by Red HatNeo4j, Inc.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20121983201420072014
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.19, April 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaJava, ScalaScala
Server operating systemsserver-lessiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesyesyesyes
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 infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
PHPGo
Java
Python
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsno
Triggersnoyesyes infovia Hawkular Alertingyes infovia event handlerno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infobased on Cassandrayes using Neo4j Fabricyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14selectable replication factor infobased on CassandraCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Causal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)no
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EJDBFileMakerHawkular MetricsNeo4jSpark SQL
Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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Key customersOver 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Market metricsNeo4j boasts the world's largest graph database ecosystem with more than 140 million...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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