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System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. GridGain vs. Kdb vs. Memgraph vs. SAP IQ

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteHigh performance Time Series DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.exasol.comwww.gridgain.comkx.commemgraph.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlcode.kx.commemgraph.com/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperExasolGridGain Systems, Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMemgraph LtdSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release200020072000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320171994
Current releaseGridGain 8.5.13.6, May 201816.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetqC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query language (q)noyes
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)user defined functionsyes
Triggersyesyes (cache interceptors and events)yes infowith viewsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioningSharding infodynamic graph partitioningshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)Source-replica replicationMulti-source replication using RAFTSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoHadoop integrationyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)no infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes inforelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID 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
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsrights management via user accountsUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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EXASOLGridGainKdbMemgraphSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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