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DBMS > Memgraph vs. RethinkDB vs. Trafodion vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison Memgraph vs. RethinkDB vs. Trafodion vs. YottaDB

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NameMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRethinkDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAn 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.Transactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelGraph DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score2.66
Rank#107  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websitememgraph.comrethinkdb.comtrafodion.apache.orgyottadb.com
Technical documentationmemgraph.com/­docsrethinkdb.com/­docstrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.htmlyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperMemgraph LtdThe Linux Foundation infosince July 2017Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPYottaDB, LLC
Initial release2017200920142001
Current release2.4.1, August 20202.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++C++C++, JavaC
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxDocker
Linux
Data schemeschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, binary, float, bool, date, geometryyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsBolt protocol
Cypher query language
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.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
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Procedures
TriggersClient-side triggers through changefeedsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding inforange basedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTSource-replica replicationyes, via HBaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infovia user defined functions and HBaseno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infowith snapshot isolationAtomic single-document operationsACIDoptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoMVCC basedyes
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissionsyes infousers and table-level permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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MemgraphRethinkDBTrafodionYottaDB
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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