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Name

Description

An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j

Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)

A cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPP

Primary database model

Graph DBMS

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store

Relational DBMS

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Trend Chart

Score	2.91
Rank	#94	Overall
	#7	Graph DBMS

Score	3.02
Rank	#88	Overall
	#16	Document stores
	#6	Graph DBMS
	#12	Key-value stores

Score	0.37
Rank	#271	Overall
	#127	Relational DBMS

Website

memgraph.com

orientdb.org

www.openpie.com

Technical documentation

memgraph.com/docs

www.orientdb.com/docs/last/index.html

Social network pages

Developer

Memgraph Ltd

OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP

OpenPie

Initial release

2017

2010

Current release

3.2.29, March 2024

2.1, January 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

BSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available

Open Source

Apache version 2

commercial

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

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Database as a Service

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Implementation language

C and C++

Java

Server operating systems

Linux

All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)

hosted

Data scheme

schema-free and schema-optional

schema-free

Schema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")

yes

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language, no joins

yes

APIs and other access methods

Bolt protocol
Cypher query language

Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

Java
PL/SQL
Python
R

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Java, Javascript

user defined functions

Triggers

Hooks

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

dynamic graph partitioning

Sharding

yes

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Multi-source replication using RAFT

Multi-source replication

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

could be achieved with distributed queries

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationships in graphs

yes

relationship in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

with snapshot isolation

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

with periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Users, roles and permissions

Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

User Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard

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Specific characteristics

Memgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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PieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantages

Business Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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Extreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenarios

Graph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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PieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customers

Sail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities etc.,
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Licensing and pricing models

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PieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment；...
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