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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Druid vs. Elasticsearch vs. Manticore Search vs. NebulaGraph

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonElasticsearch  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataA distributed, RESTful modern search and analytics engine based on Apache Lucene infoElasticsearch lets you perform and combine many types of searches such as structured, unstructured, geo, and metricMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Search engineSearch engineGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score135.35
Rank#7  Overall
#1  Search engines
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdruid.apache.orgwww.elastic.co/­elasticsearchmanticoresearch.comgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designwww.elastic.co/­guide/­en/­elasticsearch/­reference/­current/­index.htmlmanual.manticoresearch.comdocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation and contributorsElasticManticore SoftwareVesoft Inc.
Initial release20142012201020172019
Current release29.0.1, April 20248.6, January 20236.0, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoElastic LicenseOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Unix
All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentFixed schemaStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes
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.nononoCan index from XMLno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes 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 for queryingSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
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 languagesJavaScriptClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Groovy
Community Contributed Clients
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesuser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyesSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoES-Hadoop Connectornono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoMemcached and Redis integrationyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemnoRole-based access control
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AlaSQLApache DruidElasticsearchManticore SearchNebulaGraph
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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