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System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. Google Cloud Datastore vs. mSQL vs. Neo4j vs. OrigoDB

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Datastore  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Automatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud PlatformmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
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Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score4.47
Rank#76  Overall
#12  Document stores
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score44.46
Rank#23  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbcloud.google.com/­datastorehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlneo4j.comorigodb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdcloud.google.com/­datastore/­docsneo4j.com/­docsorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperSoftmotionsGoogleHughes TechnologiesNeo4j, Inc.Robert Friberg et al
Initial release20122008199420072009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release4.4, October 20215.19, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2commercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Neo4j Aura: Neo4j’s fully managed cloud service: The zero-admin, always-on graph database for cloud developers.
Implementation languageCCJava, ScalaC#
Server operating systemsserver-lesshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyes, details hereyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collections
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.nonono infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (GQL)A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnono
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared librarygRPC (using protocol buffers) API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnousing Google App Enginenoyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsyes
TriggersnoCallbacks using the Google Apps Enginenoyes infovia event handleryes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneyes using Neo4j Fabrichorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using PaxosnoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlySource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on type of query and configuration infoStrong Consistency is default for entity lookups and queries within an Entity Group (but can instead be made eventually consistent). Other queries are always eventual consistent.noneCausal 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 possibleyes infovia ReferenceProperties or Ancestor pathsnoyes infoRelationships in graphsdepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoSerializable Isolation within Transactions, Read Committed outside of TransactionsnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)noUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)Role based authorization
More information provided by the system vendor
EJDBGoogle Cloud DatastoremSQL infoMini SQLNeo4jOrigoDB
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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