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System Properties Comparison Memgraph vs. RisingWave

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NameMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRisingWave  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA distributed RDBMS for stream processing, wire-compatible with PostgreSQL
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.54
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.75
Rank#214  Overall
#101  Relational DBMS
Websitememgraph.comwww.risingwave.com/­database
Technical documentationmemgraph.com/­docsdocs.risingwave.com/­docs/­current/­intro
DeveloperMemgraph LtdRisingWave Labs
Initial release20172022
Current release1.2, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxDocker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-free and schema-optionalyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesStandard SQL-types and JSON
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
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes
APIs and other access methodsBolt protocol
Cypher query language
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresUDFs in Python or Java
Triggersno
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 graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infowith snapshot isolationno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissionsUsers and Roles

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