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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. NCache vs. NebulaGraph

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. NCache vs. NebulaGraph

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationAlachisoftVesoft Inc.
Initial release2014201220052019
Current release1.20.3, January 20235.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes 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.
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native 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
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoDepending on the underlying data sourceAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Role-based access control
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLApache DrillNCacheNebulaGraph
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Social networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Companies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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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 modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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