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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Memgraph vs. Newts vs. Vertica vs. VoltDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparisonVoltDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jTime Series DBMS based on CassandraCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.Distributed In-Memory NewSQL RDBMS infoUsed for OLTP applications with a high frequency of relatively simple transactions, that can hold all their data in memory
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn orientedRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#157  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgmemgraph.comopennms.github.io/­newtswww.vertica.comwww.voltdb.com
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlmemgraph.com/­docsgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikivertica.com/­documentationdocs.voltdb.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperCCRi and othersMemgraph LtdOpenNMS GroupOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett PackardVoltDB Inc.
Initial release20142017201420052010
Current release5.0.0, May 202412.0.3, January 202311.3, April 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoAGPL for Community Edition, commercial license for Enterprise, AWS, and Pro Editions
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containersno
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Implementation languageScalaC and C++JavaC++Java, C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X infofor development
Data schemeyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.yes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnoNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.yes infoonly a subset of SQL 99
APIs and other access methodsBolt protocol
Cypher query language
HTTP REST
Java API
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Java API
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
C#
C++
Erlang infonot officially supported
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differencesJava
Triggersnonoyes, called Custom Alertsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerMulti-source replication using RAFTselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono infoBi-directional Spark integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsnoyesno infoFOREIGN KEY constraints are not supported
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infowith snapshot isolationnoACIDACID infoTransactions are executed single-threaded within stored procedures
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes infoData access is serialized by the server
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyesyes infoSnapshots and command logging
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageUsers, roles and permissionsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hashUsers and roles with access to stored procedures
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GeoMesaMemgraphNewtsVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™VoltDB
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Communication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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