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System Properties Comparison KeyDB vs. Memgraph vs. MonetDB vs. Neo4j vs. Sequoiadb

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NameKeyDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn ultra-fast, open source Key-value store fully compatible with Redis API, modules, and protocolsAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA 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 offeringsNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.70
Rank#229  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score44.89
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­Snapchat/­KeyDB
keydb.dev
memgraph.comwww.monetdb.orgneo4j.comwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.keydb.devmemgraph.com/­docswww.monetdb.org/­Documentationneo4j.com/­docswww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperEQ Alpha Technology Ltd.Memgraph LtdMonetDB BVNeo4j, Inc.Sequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20192017200420072013
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20235.20, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD-3Open Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C and C++CJava, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datepartial infoSupported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexesyesyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyes infoby using the Redis Search moduleyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocoBolt protocol
Cypher query language
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
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuayes, in SQL, C, Ryes infoUser defined Procedures and FunctionsJavaScript
Triggersnoyesyes infovia event handlerno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding via remote tablesyes using Neo4j FabricSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication using RAFTnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlySource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Immediate ConsistencyCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataOptimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scriptsACID infowith snapshot isolationACIDACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoConfigurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logsyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple password-based access control and ACLUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)simple password-based access control
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KeyDBMemgraphMonetDBNeo4jSequoiadb
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Neo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Neo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Real-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 modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
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GPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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