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NameHugeGraph Xexclude from comparisonMySQL Xexclude from comparisonNeo4j Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSWidely used open source RDBMSOpen source graph database
Primary database modelRelational DBMS Key/Value like access via memcached API
Secondary database models
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Score0.09
Rank#303Score52.16
Rank#19
DeveloperBaiduOracle since 2010, originally MySQL AB, then SunNeo4j, Inc.
Initial release201819952007
Current release0.98.0.23 , January 20214.2.3, January 2021
License Commercial or Open SourceOpen Source
Apache Version 2.0Open Source
GPL version 2. Commercial licenses with extended functionallity are availableOpen Source
GPL version3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only Only available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
UnixFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
WindowsLinux Can also be used server-less as embedded Java database.
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free and schema-optional
Typing predefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.noyes
Secondary indexesyes also supports composite index and range indexyesyes
pluggable indexing subsystem, by default Apache Lucene
SQL Support of SQLnoyes
with proprietary extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop GremlinADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
Java API
Neo4j-OGM Object Graph Mapper
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data Neo4j
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesGroovy
Java
PythonAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl.Net
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts Stored proceduresasynchronous Gremlin script jobsyes
proprietary syntaxyes
User defined Procedures and Functions
Triggersnoyesyes via event handler
Partitioning methods Methods for storing different data on different nodesyes
depending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasehorizontal partitioning, sharding with MySQL Cluster or MySQL Fabricnone
Replication methods Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes
depending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseMulti-source replication
Source-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocol available in in Enterprise Version only
MapReduce Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsvia hugegraph-sparknono
Consistency concepts Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyCausal and Eventual Consistency configurable in Causal Cluster setup
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode
Foreign keys Referential integrityyes
edges in graphyes
not for MyISAM storage engineyes
Relationships in graphs
Transaction concepts Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
not for MyISAM storage engineACID
Concurrency Support for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
table locks or row locks depending on storage engineyes
Durability Support for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts Access controlUsers, roles and permissionsUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
no user groups or rolesUsers, roles and permissions. Pluggable authentication with supported standards (LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos)
More information provided by the system vendor
HugeGraphMySQLNeo4j
Specific characteristicsNeo4j is a native graph database platform that is built to store, query, analyze...
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Competitive advantagesNeo4j database is the only transactional database that combines everything you need...
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Typical application scenariosReal-Time Recommendations Master Data Management Identity and Access Management Network...
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Key customersOver 300 commercial customers and over 750 startups use Neo4j. Flagship customers...
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Market metricsNeo4j boasts the world's largest graph database ecosystem with more than a 15 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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