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System Properties Comparison Kinetica vs. Memgraph

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NameKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.50
Rank#247  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score2.54
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.kinetica.commemgraph.com
Technical documentationdocs.kinetica.commemgraph.com/­docs
DeveloperKineticaMemgraph Ltd
Initial release20122017
Current release7.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageC, C++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions
Triggersyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified range
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles on table levelUsers, roles and permissions

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