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System Properties Comparison Neo4j vs. StarRocks vs. Vertica vs. WakandaDB

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NameNeo4j  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable, ACID-compliant graph database designed with a high-performance distributed cluster architecture, available in self-hosted and cloud offeringsAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.WakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn orientedObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time 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
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteneo4j.comwww.starrocks.iowww.vertica.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationneo4j.com/­docsdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introvertica.com/­documentationwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperNeo4j, Inc.The Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023OpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett PackardWakanda SAS
Initial release2007202020052012
Current release5.20, May 20242.5.3, March 202312.0.3, January 20232.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version3, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containersno
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Implementation languageJava, ScalaC++, JavaC++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux infoCan also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free and schema-optionalyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyes infopluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache LuceneyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.no
APIs and other access methodsBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM infoObject Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoUser defined Procedures and Functionsuser defined functionsyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differencesyes
Triggersyes infovia event handlernoyes, called Custom Alertsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes using Neo4j Fabrichorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)horizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCausal Clustering using Raft protocol infoavailable in in Enterprise Version onlyMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infoBi-directional Spark integrationno
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 graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)Role based access control and fine grained access rightsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hashyes
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Specific characteristicsNeo4j delivers graph technology that has been battle tested for performance and scale...
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j is the market leader, graph database category creator, and the most widely...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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Communication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersOver 800 commercial customers and over 4300 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Abiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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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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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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