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System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. Neo4j vs. Newts vs. RDF4J vs. SiriDB

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsTime Series DBMS based on CassandraRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.Open Source Time Series DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSRDF storeTime Series DBMS
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Score2.32
Rank#112  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score44.46
Rank#23  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.comneo4j.comopennms.github.io/­newtsrdf4j.orgsiridb.com
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationneo4j.com/­docsgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikirdf4j.org/­documentationdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Neo4j, Inc.OpenNMS GroupSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Cesbit
Initial release19842007201420042017
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20245.19, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++Java, ScalaJavaJavaC
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeyes infoRDF Schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes infoNumeric data
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 indexesyesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Lucenenoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononono
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
HTTP REST
Java API
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaJava
PHP
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsnoyesno
Triggersyesyes infovia event handlernoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes using Neo4j FabricSharding infobased on CassandranoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlyselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)nonosimple rights management via user accounts
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MaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DNeo4jNewtsRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameSiriDB
Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Typical application scenariosReal-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 modelsGPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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