Memgraph vs Vadalog
Memgraph is a property graph database; Vadalog is a other database. Memgraph (2020-05, BUSL-1.1, C++) ranks #4 this month; Vadalog (2018) ranks #89.
| Attribute | Memgraph | Vadalog |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Rank | #4 | #89 |
| Score | 70.8 | 38.9 |
| GitHub stars | 4.6k | — |
| Popularity | 72.8 | 41.9 |
| Activity | 80.9 | 50.0 |
| Community | 61.0 | 34.6 |
| Research | 62.6 | 75.8 |
| Fundamentals | ||
| Description | An in-memory property graph database with ACID transactions and strong consistency. Includes the MAGE library of graph algorithms and supports real-time streaming ingestion. | A knowledge graph management system from the University of Oxford that reasons over knowledge graphs in the Vadalog language, built on Warded Datalog+/- to combine full recursion with ontological reasoning at polynomial data complexity. Developed in the VADA research programme and commercialised by Prometheux as Vadalog Parallel. |
| Vendor | Memgraph | University of Oxford |
| Model | Property Graph | Other |
| Kind | database | query-engine |
| Category | Enterprise | Emerging |
| First released | 2020-05 | 2018 |
| Status | active | active |
| License | BUSL-1.1 | — |
| Written in | C++ | — |
| Query languages | openCypher | Vadalog |
| gdotv support | yes | no |
Feature scores — not surveyed for Vadalog
| Feature | Memgraph | Vadalog |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.75 | — |
| Platform | ||
| Operating on Linux | ✓ | — |
| Operating on Windows | 0.5 | — |
| 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 | 0.75 | — |
| 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 | 0.75 | — |
| Secondary indexes | ✓ | — |
| Server side procedures | ✓ | — |
| Triggers | ✓ | — |
| Authentication | ✓ | — |
| Authorization | ✓ | — |
| Data encryption | · | — |
Links
- Memgraph · website · github · full profile
- Vadalog · website · full profile