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System Properties Comparison GridGain vs. Neo4j vs. OrientDB vs. TinkerGraph vs. Warp 10

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NameGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonWarp 10  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)A lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APITimeSeries DBMS specialized on timestamped geo data based on LevelDB or HBase
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Graph DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score44.46
Rank#23  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#349  Overall
#32  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.gridgain.comneo4j.comorientdb.orgtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlinwww.warp10.io
Technical documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlneo4j.com/­docswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlwww.warp10.io/­content/­02_Getting_started
DeveloperGridGain Systems, Inc.Neo4j, Inc.OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPSenX
Initial release20072007201020092015
Current releaseGridGain 8.5.15.19, April 20243.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetJava, ScalaJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-freeschema-free
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoSQL-like query language, no joinsnono
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop 3HTTP API
Jupyter
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes infoUser defined Procedures and FunctionsJava, Javascriptnoyes infoWarpScript
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)yes infovia event handlerHooksnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes using Neo4j FabricShardingnoneSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)Causal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlyMulti-source replicationnoneselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
noneImmediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsyes inforelationship in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesoptionalyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurablenoMandatory use of cryptographic tokens, containing fine-grained authorizations
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GridGainNeo4jOrientDBTinkerGraphWarp 10
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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