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DBMS > HyperSQL vs. Memgraph vs. PouchDB vs. TinkerGraph

System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. Memgraph vs. PouchDB vs. TinkerGraph

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
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Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitehsqldb.orgmemgraph.compouchdb.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlmemgraph.com/­docspouchdb.com/­guides
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperMemgraph LtdApache Software Foundation
Initial release2001201720122009
Current release2.7.2, June 20237.1.1, June 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++JavaScriptJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeschema-free
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 indexesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScriptGroovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)no
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissionsnono
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HyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBMemgraphPouchDBTinkerGraph
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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