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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Druid vs. GridDB vs. NebulaGraph vs. Quasardb

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comdruid.apache.orggriddb.netgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
quasar.ai
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdocs.griddb.netdocs.nebula-graph.iodoc.quasar.ai/­master
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation and contributorsToshiba CorporationVesoft Inc.quasardb
Initial release19842012201320192009
Current releasev20, April 202329.0.1, April 20245.1, August 20223.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++C++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
LinuxLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesStrong typed schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyesyes infointeger and binary
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.yes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL for queryingSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)SQL-like query languageSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSource-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID at container levelACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseRole-based access controlCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache DruidGridDBNebulaGraphQuasardb
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Social networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Companies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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At our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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