ArangoDB vs Graph Engine

ArangoDB is a multiple database; Graph Engine is a property graph database. ArangoDB (2012-03, BUSL-1.1, C++) ranks #2 this month; Graph Engine (2015-05, MIT, C#) ranks #73.

Attribute ArangoDB #2 = Leader Graph Engine #73 ▼5 Growing
At a glance
Rank #2#73
Score 76.742.7
GitHub stars 14.3k2.3k
Popularity 89.454.4
Activity 73.946.4
Community 61.2—
Research 82.851.2
Fundamentals
Description A multi-model database supporting graphs, key-value pairs, and documents in a unified JSON-based data model. Offers both an in-memory storage engine and a RocksDB-based engine for larger datasets.A distributed, in-memory graph processing engine developed by Microsoft Research, originally known as Trinity. Supports large-scale graph computation on a memory cloud architecture.
Vendor ArangoDB IncMicrosoft
Model MultipleProperty Graph
Kind databasedatabase
Category EnterpriseEnterprise
First released 2012-032015-05
Status activeinactive — Microsoft Research project. Limited recent activity.
License BUSL-1.1MIT
Written in C++C#
Query languages AQLLIKQ
gdotv support nono

Feature scores — not surveyed for Graph Engine

Feature ArangoDBGraph Engine
Community & Business
Active development ✓—
Commercial support ✓—
Live community 0.5—
Open Source ✓—
Pricing ·—
Trendiness 0.25—
Deployment
Containerization ✓—
Work as dedicated instance ✓—
Work as embedded ·—
Testing in-memory version ✓—
Platform
Operating on Linux ✓—
Operating on Windows ✓—
SaaS offering ·—
Operations
Automatic updates ·—
Client side caching ·—
Data versioning support ·—
Live backups ✓—
Distribution
Cluster Re-balancing ✓—
Data Distribution ✓—
High-Availability ✓—
Query Distribution ✓—
Replication support ✓—
Developer Experience
Data types defined ✓—
Logging/Auditing ✓—
Object-Graph Mapper ✓—
Reactive programming ·—
Documentation up-to-date ✓—
Binary protocol ✓—
CLI ✓—
GUI ✓—
Data Model
Multi-database ✓—
Graph-native data ·—
REST API ✓—
Query Language 0.5—
Transactions
Granular locking ·—
Multiple isolation levels ·—
Read committed transaction ·—
Transaction support ✓—
Schema & Security
Constraints ✓—
Schema support 0.5—
Secondary indexes ✓—
Server side procedures 0.5—
Triggers ·—
Authentication ✓—
Authorization 0.5—
Data encryption ✓—