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DBMS > Neo4j vs. SAP IQ vs. SiriDB vs. Trafodion vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison Neo4j vs. SAP IQ vs. SiriDB vs. Trafodion vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsOpen Source Time Series DBMSTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score44.89
Rank#21  Overall
#1  Graph DBMS
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score1.23
Rank#172  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Websiteneo4j.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlsiridb.comtrafodion.apache.orgvictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationneo4j.com/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.siridb.comtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.htmldocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperNeo4j, Inc.SAP, formerly SybaseCesbitApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPVictoriaMetrics
Initial release20071994201720142018
Current release5.20, May 202416.1 SPS04, April 20192.3.0, February 2019v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Neo4j Aura: Neo4jā€™s fully managed cloud service: The zero-admin, always-on graph database for cloud developers.
Implementation languageJava, ScalaCC++, JavaGo
Server operating systemsLinux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeschema-free and schema-optionalyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoNumeric datayes
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 Luceneyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoUser defined Procedures and FunctionsyesnoJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersyes infovia event handleryesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes using Neo4j Fabricshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlySAP/Sybase Replication Serveryesyes, via HBaseSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationnoyes infovia user defined functions and HBaseno
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
Neo4jSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQSiriDBTrafodionVictoriaMetrics
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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