DB-EnginesExtremeDB: mitigate connectivity issues in a DBMSEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Memcached vs. Memgraph vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM

System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. Memgraph vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMSObject oriented DBMSMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitewww.memcached.orgmemgraph.comobjectbox.iowww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikimemgraph.com/­docsdocs.objectbox.io
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalMemgraph LtdObjectBox LimitedRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release2003201720171993
Current release1.6.25, March 20243.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infoFree license availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageCC and C++C and C++
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
LinuxAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyesyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.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
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityMulti-source replication using RAFTonline/offline synchronization between client and serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infowith snapshot isolationACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyes 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.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolUsers, roles and permissionsyesAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
More information provided by the system vendor
MemcachedMemgraphObjectBoxOpenQM infoalso called QM
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
» more
Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
» more
Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
» more
News

Edge AI: The era of on-device AI
23 April 2024

In-Memory Database Use Cases
15 February 2024

Data Viewer for Objects – announcing ObjectBox Admin
14 November 2023

Vector Databases for Edge AI
9 August 2023

Vector Database Release for Flutter / Dart + Python
13 June 2023

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
MemcachedMemgraphObjectBoxOpenQM infoalso called QM
DB-Engines blog posts

Redis extends the lead in the DB-Engines key-value store ranking
3 February 2014, Matthias Gelbmann

New DB-Engines Ranking shows the popularity of database management systems
3 October 2012, Matthias Gelbmann, Paul Andlinger

show all

Recent citations in the news

Redis Labs Boldly Joins AWS in Dropping Prices From 10 to 40 Percent
27 April 2024, Yahoo Singapore News

Why DDoS Threat Actors Are Shifting Their Tactics
15 March 2024, Infosecurity Magazine

Ubuntu 24.04 Helping Achieve Greater Performance On Intel Xeon Scalable Emerald Rapids
8 March 2024, Phoronix

Memcached DDoS: The biggest, baddest denial of service attacker yet
1 March 2018, ZDNet

Why Redis beats Memcached for caching
14 September 2017, InfoWorld

provided by Google News

Graph database company Memgraph raises $9.34M
5 October 2021, VentureBeat

Graph Database Market to grow at a CAGR of 19.9% from 2022 to 2027|Increased demand for low-latency queries is a ...
7 August 2023, PR Newswire

Modeling and Navigating a Transportation Network with Memgraph
12 April 2021, Towards Data Science

London-based Memgraph raises over €8 million in seed funding to provide Streaming Graph Algorithms to the masses
5 October 2021, EU-Startups

Making Your Own Memory Graph To Detect Memory Issues On iOS
13 April 2021, hackernoon.com

provided by Google News

Industrial IoT (IIoT) edge solution for railway operators – a Kapsch ObjectBox Case Study
21 June 2019, 1E9

A Quick Look at Open Source Databases for Mobile App Development
29 April 2018, Open Source For You

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

SingleStore logo

Database for your real-time AI and Analytics Apps.
Try it today.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Present your product here