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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. HugeGraph vs. JSqlDb vs. Linter vs. Neo4j

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB 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.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesRDBMS for high security requirementsScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offerings
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#350  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score44.89
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
jsqldb.org (offline)linter.runeo4j.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlhugegraph.apache.org/­docsneo4j.com/­docs
DeveloperCCRi and othersBaiduKonrad von Backstromrelex.ruNeo4j, Inc.
Initial release20142018201819902007
Current release5.0.0, May 20240.90.8, December 20185.20, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaC and C++Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Unix
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexnoyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Lucene
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesGroovy
Java
Python
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsfunctions in JavaScriptyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functions
Triggersnononoyesyes infovia event handler
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layeryes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenonenoneyes using Neo4j Fabric
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenoneSource-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesvia hugegraph-sparknonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoedges in graphnoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)
More information provided by the system vendor
GeoMesaHugeGraphJSqlDbLinterNeo4j
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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