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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. Heroic vs. Neo4j vs. ReductStore vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Heroic vs. Neo4j vs. ReductStore vs. SAP Advantage Database Server

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonReductStore  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS  Xexclude from comparison
SAP Advantage Database Server seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsDesigned to manage unstructured time-series data efficiently, providing unique features such as storing time-stamped blobs with labels, customizable data retention policies, and a straightforward FIFO quota system.Low-cost RDBMS with access to ISAM and FoxPro data structures
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score44.89
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#384  Overall
#44  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicneo4j.comgithub.com/­reductstore
www.reduct.store
www.sap.com/products/advantage-database-server.html
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlspotify.github.io/­heroicneo4j.com/­docswww.reduct.store/­docs
DeveloperCCRi and othersSpotifyNeo4j, Inc.ReductStore LLCSybase, SAP
Initial release20142014200720231993
Current release5.0.0, May 20245.20, May 20241.9, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoBusiness Source License 1.1commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaJava, ScalaC++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes
APIs and other access methodsHQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
HTTP API.NET Client API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Delphi
Perl
PHP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsyes
Triggersnonoyes infovia event handleryes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardingyes using Neo4j Fabricnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryesCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlyMulti-source replication infoCONFLICT Trigger to resolve replication conflicts
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Causal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layernono infocaching of (temporary) tables can be configured
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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GeoMesaHeroicNeo4jReductStoreSAP Advantage Database Server infoformer name: Sybase ADS
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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