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System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. Hive vs. Lovefield vs. Manticore Search vs. Neo4j

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)data warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.Scalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offerings
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score61.17
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score44.46
Rank#23  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbhive.apache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldmanticoresearch.comneo4j.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mdcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homegithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdmanual.manticoresearch.comneo4j.com/­docs
DeveloperSoftmotionsApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookGoogleManticore SoftwareNeo4j, Inc.
Initial release20122012201420172007
Current release3.1.3, April 20222.1.12, February 20176.0, February 20235.19, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaJavaScriptC++Java, Scala
Server operating systemsserver-lessAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesFixed schemaschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.noCan index from XML
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Lucene
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScriptElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reducenouser defined functionsyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functions
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersnoyes infovia event handler
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedyes using Neo4j Fabric
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factornoneSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyCausal 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 possiblenoyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and rolesnonoUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)
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EJDBHiveLovefieldManticore SearchNeo4j
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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