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System Properties Comparison Neo4j vs. ObjectBox vs. Realm vs. SQLite vs. Tigris

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NameNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSQLite  Xexclude from comparisonTigris  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataWidely used embeddable, in-process RDBMSA horizontally scalable, ACID transactional, document database available both as a fully managed cloud service and for deployment on self-managed infrastructure
Primary database modelGraph DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score42.68
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score7.18
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score103.35
Rank#10  Overall
#7  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#359  Overall
#50  Document stores
#52  Key-value stores
#23  Search engines
#37  Time Series DBMS
Websiteneo4j.comgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
realm.iowww.sqlite.orgwww.tigrisdata.com
Technical documentationneo4j.com/­docsdocs.objectbox.iorealm.io/­docswww.sqlite.org/­docs.htmlwww.tigrisdata.com/­docs
DeveloperNeo4j, Inc.ObjectBox LimitedRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Dwayne Richard HippTigris Data, Inc.
Initial release20072017201420002022
Current release5.23, August 20244.0 (May 2024)3.46.1  (13 August 2024), August 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoPublic DomainOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Neo4j Aura: Neo4j’s fully managed cloud service: The zero-admin, always-on graph database for cloud developers.
Implementation languageJava, ScalaC and C++C
Server operating systemsLinux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
server-lessLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-free and schema-optionalyesyesyes infodynamic column typesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyesyes infonot rigid because of 'dynamic typing' concept.yes
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 indexesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Luceneyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
Proprietary native APIADO.NET infoinofficial driver
JDBC infoinofficial driver
ODBC infoinofficial driver
CLI Client
gRPC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Actionscript
Ada
Basic
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Forth
Fortran
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
PL/SQL
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynono
Triggersyes infovia event handlernoyes infoChange Listenersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes using Neo4j FabricnonenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlyData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlinenonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infovia file-system locksyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, using FoundationDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)yesyesnoAccess rights for users and roles
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Neo4jObjectBoxRealmSQLiteTigris
Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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Key customersOver 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Market metricsNeo4j boasts the world's largest graph database ecosystem with more than 140 million...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGPL v3 license that can be used all the places where you might use MySQL. Neo4j Commercial...
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