Comunica vs Neo4j
Comunica is a rdf database; Neo4j is a property graph database. Comunica (2018-06, MIT, TypeScript) ranks #28 this month; Neo4j (2007, GPL-3.0, Java) ranks #1.
| Attribute | Comunica | Neo4j |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #28 | #1 |
| Score | 54.3 | 88.8 |
| GitHub stars | 617 | 17.3k |
| Popularity | 59.6 | 98.6 |
| Activity | 70.7 | 86.5 |
| Community | 30.3 | 73.8 |
| Research | 50.8 | 98.7 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | A modular SPARQL query engine written in TypeScript that federates queries across heterogeneous linked data sources including SPARQL endpoints, RDF files, HDT archives, and Solid data pods. Runs in both Node.js and browsers. | A property graph database that stores data as fixed-size records in linked lists for index-free adjacency traversal. Offers community and commercial editions with an extensive graph algorithms library. |
| Vendor | Comunica Association | Neo4j Inc |
| Model | RDF | Property Graph |
| Kind | query-engine | database |
| Category | Emerging | Established |
| First released | 2018-06 | 2007 |
| Status | active | active |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Java |
| Query languages | SPARQL, GraphQL | Cypher, GQL |
| gdotv support | no | yes |
Feature scores — not surveyed for Comunica
| Feature | Comunica | Neo4j |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | — | ✓ |
| Commercial support | — | ✓ |
| Live community | — | ✓ |
| Open Source | — | ✓ |
| Pricing | — | 0.5 |
| Trendiness | — | ✓ |
| 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 | — | ✓ |
| Transactions | ||
| Granular locking | — | ✓ |
| Multiple isolation levels | — | ✓ |
| Read committed transaction | — | ✓ |
| Transaction support | — | ✓ |
| Schema & Security | ||
| Constraints | — | ✓ |
| Schema support | — | ✓ |
| Secondary indexes | — | ✓ |
| Server side procedures | — | ✓ |
| Triggers | — | ✓ |
| Authentication | — | ✓ |
| Authorization | — | ✓ |
| Data encryption | — | · |
Links
- Comunica · website · github · full profile
- Neo4j · website · github · full profile