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System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. Memcached vs. Memgraph vs. Neo4j vs. Sequoiadb

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jScalable, 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 modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.15
Rank#115  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score16.84
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score2.91
Rank#94  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
Score42.68
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score0.42
Rank#263  Overall
#41  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.comwww.memcached.orgmemgraph.comneo4j.comwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikimemgraph.com/­docsneo4j.com/­docswww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Danga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalMemgraph LtdNeo4j, Inc.Sequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release19842003201720072013
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20241.6.29, June 20245.23, August 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen 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++CC and C++Java, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes 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 indexesyesnoyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Proprietary protocolBolt protocol
Cypher query language
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 languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes infoUser defined Procedures and FunctionsJavaScript
Triggersyesnoyes infovia event handlerno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningyes using Neo4j FabricSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityMulti-source replication using RAFTCausal 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 systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID infowith snapshot isolationACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyes 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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolUsers, roles and permissionsUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)simple password-based access control
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MaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DMemcachedMemgraphNeo4jSequoiadb
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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