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System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. Memgraph vs. RethinkDB vs. Spark SQL

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRethinkDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jDBMS for the Web with a mechanism to push updated query results to applications in realtime.Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial 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
Score2.74
Rank#105  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.memcached.orgmemgraph.comrethinkdb.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikimemgraph.com/­docsrethinkdb.com/­docsspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalMemgraph LtdThe Linux Foundation infosince July 2017Apache Software Foundation
Initial release2003201720092014
Current release1.6.25, March 20242.4.1, August 20203.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infoFree license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC and C++C++Scala
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infostring, binary, float, bool, date, geometryyes
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 indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolBolt protocol
Cypher query language
JDBC
ODBC
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 infocommunity-supported driver
C# infocommunity-supported driver
C++ infocommunity-supported driver
Clojure infocommunity-supported driver
Dart infocommunity-supported driver
Erlang infocommunity-supported driver
Go infocommunity-supported driver
Haskell infocommunity-supported driver
Java infoofficial driver
JavaScript (Node.js) infoofficial driver
Lisp infocommunity-supported driver
Lua infocommunity-supported driver
Objective-C infocommunity-supported driver
Perl infocommunity-supported driver
PHP infocommunity-supported driver
Python infoofficial driver
Ruby infoofficial driver
Scala infocommunity-supported driver
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
TriggersnoClient-side triggers through changefeedsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding inforange basedyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infowith snapshot isolationAtomic single-document operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoMVCC basedyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolUsers, roles and permissionsyes infousers and table-level permissionsno
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MemcachedMemgraphRethinkDBSpark SQL
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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