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System Properties Comparison Google Cloud Bigtable vs. MonetDB vs. Neo4j vs. PieCloudDB vs. PostGIS

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NameGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.A relational database management system that stores data in columnsScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelKey-value store
Wide column store
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
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Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score44.89
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitecloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.monetdb.orgneo4j.comwww.openpie.compostgis.net
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docswww.monetdb.org/­Documentationneo4j.com/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperGoogleMonetDB BVNeo4j, Inc.OpenPie
Initial release2015200420072005
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20235.20, May 20242.1, January 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageCJava, ScalaC
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free and schema-optionalyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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.noyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, in SQL, C, Ryes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsuser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyes infovia event handlernoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding via remote tablesyes using Neo4j Fabricyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlyyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Causal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)User Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL
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Google Cloud BigtableMonetDBNeo4jPieCloudDBPostGIS
Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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PieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Extreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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PieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersOver 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Sail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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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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PieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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