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DBMS > Ignite vs. Memgraph vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OpenEdge

System Properties Comparison Ignite vs. Memgraph vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OpenEdge

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NameIgnite  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerApplication development environment with integrated database management system
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.16
Rank#96  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
#49  Relational DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score77.99
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score3.51
Rank#86  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websiteignite.apache.orgmemgraph.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasewww.progress.com/­openedge
Technical documentationapacheignite.readme.io/­docsmemgraph.com/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqldocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latest
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMemgraph LtdMicrosoftProgress Software Corporation
Initial release2015201720101984
Current releaseApache Ignite 2.6V12OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++, Java, .NetC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxhostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free and schema-optionalyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLnoyesyes infoclose to SQL 92
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)Transact SQLyes
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)yesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioninghorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)Multi-source replication using RAFTyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groups
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IgniteMemgraphMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureOpenEdge
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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