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System Properties Comparison Memgraph vs. YottaDB

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Name

Description

An open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4j

A fast and solid embedded Key-value store

Primary database model

Graph DBMS

Key-value store

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

using the Octo plugin

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Score	2.57
Rank	#96	Overall
	#8	Graph DBMS

Score	0.18
Rank	#313	Overall
	#46	Key-value stores

Website

memgraph.com

yottadb.com

Technical documentation

memgraph.com/docs

yottadb.com/resources/documentation

Developer

Memgraph Ltd

YottaDB, LLC

Initial release

2017

2001

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

BSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition available

Open Source

AGPL 3.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

C and C++

Server operating systems

Linux

Docker
Linux

Data scheme

schema-free and schema-optional

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

SQL

Support of SQL

by using the Octo plugin

APIs and other access methods

Bolt protocol
Cypher query language

PostgreSQL wire protocol

using the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

dynamic graph partitioning

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Multi-source replication using RAFT

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationships in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

with snapshot isolation

optimistic locking

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

with periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changes

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Users, roles and permissions

Users and groups based on OS-security mechanisms

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