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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Immudb vs. JaguarDB vs. LokiJS vs. Neo4j

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.An open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.Performant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offerings
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Document storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.24
Rank#305  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score44.46
Rank#23  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
www.jaguardb.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSneo4j.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.immudb.iowww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSneo4j.com/­docs
DeveloperCCRi and othersCodenotaryDataJaguar, Inc.Neo4j, Inc.
Initial release20142020201520142007
Current release5.0.0, May 20241.2.3, April 20223.3 July 20235.20, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaGoC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesJavaScriptJava, Scala
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Lucene
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like syntaxA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersnono
APIs and other access methodsgRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoView functions in JavaScriptyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functions
Triggersnononoyesyes infovia event handler
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardingShardingnoneyes using Neo4j Fabric
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerMulti-source replicationnoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencynoneCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layernonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagerights management via user accountsnoUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)
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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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