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DBMS > Memgraph vs. RRDtool vs. Splunk vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison Memgraph vs. RRDtool vs. Splunk vs. SwayDB

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NameMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.Analytics Platform for Big DataAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engineKey-value store
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Score3.09
Rank#105  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
Score2.47
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score89.68
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score0.03
Rank#385  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitememgraph.comoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolwww.splunk.comswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationmemgraph.com/­docsoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperMemgraph LtdTobias OetikerSplunk Inc.Simer Plaha
Initial release2017199920032018
Current release1.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoFree license availableOpen Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSScommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++C infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableScala
Server operating systemsLinuxHP-UX
Linux
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-free and schema-optionalyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlyyesno
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 infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonono infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsno
APIs and other access methodsBolt protocol
Cypher query language
in-process shared library
Pipes
HTTP REST
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infodynamic graph partitioningnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTnoneMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infowith snapshot isolationnono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissionsnoAccess rights for users and rolesno
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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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Licensing and pricing modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
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