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System Properties Comparison Memgraph vs. SurrealDB

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NameMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
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Score2.54
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#176  Overall
#30  Document stores
#16  Graph DBMS
Websitememgraph.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationmemgraph.com/­docssurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperMemgraph LtdSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20172022
Current releasev1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageC and C++Rust
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.no
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsBolt protocol
Cypher query language
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
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 isolationACID
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.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissionsyes, based on authentication and database rules

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