Graph Engine vs SAP Hana
Graph Engine is a property graph database; SAP Hana is a multiple database. Graph Engine (2015-05, MIT, C#) ranks #38 this month; SAP Hana (2010-11, Proprietary, C++) ranks #21.
| Attribute | Graph Engine | SAP Hana |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #38 | #21 |
| Score | 51.4 | 58.3 |
| GitHub stars | 2.3k | — |
| Popularity | 65.6 | 75.3 |
| Activity | 42.3 | 49.4 |
| Community | — | 48.8 |
| Research | 50.6 | 97.4 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | 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. | A multi-model in-memory database with built-in graph engine supporting both property graphs and knowledge graphs. Provides built-in graph algorithms for path finding and network analysis. Part of SAP Business Technology Platform. |
| Vendor | Microsoft | SAP |
| Model | Property Graph | Multiple |
| Kind | database | database |
| Category | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| First released | 2015-05 | 2010-11 |
| Status | inactive — Microsoft Research project. Limited recent activity. | active |
| License | MIT | Proprietary |
| Written in | C# | C++ |
| Query languages | LIKQ | SQL, openCypher, GraphScript |
| gdotv support | no | no |
Feature scores — not surveyed for Graph Engine
| Feature | Graph Engine | SAP Hana |
|---|---|---|
| Community & Business | ||
| Active development | — | 0.5 |
| Commercial support | — | ✓ |
| Live community | — | · |
| Open Source | — | · |
| Pricing | — | ✓ |
| 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
- Graph Engine · website · github · full profile
- SAP Hana · website · full profile