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System Properties Comparison Memgraph vs. Pinecone

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NameMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelGraph DBMSVector DBMS
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Score2.54
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score3.57
Rank#74  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitememgraph.comwww.pinecone.io
Technical documentationmemgraph.com/­docsdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperMemgraph LtdPinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release20172019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyes
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Implementation languageC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxhosted
Data schemeschema-free and schema-optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesString, Number, Boolean
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.nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnono
APIs and other access methodsBolt protocol
Cypher query language
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Python
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infodynamic graph partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infowith snapshot isolation
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissions

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