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System Properties Comparison Memgraph vs. MonetDB vs. Neo4j vs. Sequoiadb vs. Spark SQL

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NameMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA relational database management system that stores data in columnsScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score44.89
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitememgraph.comwww.monetdb.orgneo4j.comwww.sequoiadb.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationmemgraph.com/­docswww.monetdb.org/­Documentationneo4j.com/­docswww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperMemgraph LtdMonetDB BVNeo4j, Inc.Sequoiadb Ltd.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20172004200720132014
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20235.20, May 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++CJava, ScalaC++Scala
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free and schema-optionalyesschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes
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 Luceneyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsBolt protocol
Cypher query language
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
proprietary protocol using JSONJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes, in SQL, C, Ryes infoUser defined Procedures and FunctionsJavaScriptno
Triggersyesyes infovia event handlernono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding via remote tablesyes using Neo4j FabricShardingyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlySource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
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
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infowith snapshot isolationACIDACIDDocument is locked during a transactionno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)simple password-based access controlno
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MemgraphMonetDBNeo4jSequoiadbSpark SQL
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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