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System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. Neo4j vs. Sphinx

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score44.89
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitewww.esgyn.cngreptime.comneo4j.comsphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.comneo4j.com/­docssphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperEsgynGreptime Inc.Neo4j, Inc.Sphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2015202220072001
Current release5.20, May 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaRustJava, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesno
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresPythonyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsno
Triggersnoyes infovia event handlerno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes using Neo4j FabricSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSimple rights management via user accountsUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)no
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EsgynDBGreptimeDBNeo4jSphinx
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Neo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Neo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Real-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Over 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Neo4j boasts the world's largest graph database ecosystem with more than 140 million...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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GPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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