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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Faircom DB vs. jBASE vs. NebulaGraph vs. ScyllaDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACE  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryNative high-speed multi-model DBMS for relational and key-value store data simultaneously accessible through SQL and NoSQL APIs.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Multivalue DBMSGraph DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#318  Overall
#48  Key-value stores
#141  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-dbwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.scylladb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-7446ae34-a1a7-c843-c894-d5322e395184.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.nebula-graph.iodocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffFairCom CorporationRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Vesoft Inc.ScyllaDB
Initial release20141979199120192015
Current releaseV12, November 20205.7ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoRestricted, free version availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptANSI C, C++C++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
QNX
SCO
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows infoeasily portable to other OSs
AIX
Linux
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema free, schema optional, schema required, partial schema,schema-freeStrong typed schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes, ANSI SQL Types, JSON, typed binary structuresoptionalyesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes 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 infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yes, ANSI SQL with proprietary extensionsEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIADO.NET
Direct SQL
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful MQTT/JSON API
RPC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based 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
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js and browser)
PHP
Python
Visual Basic
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++yesuser defined functionsyes, Lua
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneFile partitioning, horizontal partitioning, sharding infoCustomizable business rules for table partitioningShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, configurable to be parallel or serial, synchronous or asynchronous, uni-directional or bi-directional, ACID-consistent or eventually consistent (with custom conflict resolution).yesCausal Clustering using Raft protocolselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Tunable consistency per server, database, table, and transaction
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagetunable from ACID to Eventually ConsistentACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageYes, tunable from durable to delayed durability to in-memoryyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlnoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard with additional protections for filesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelRole-based access controlAccess rights for users can be defined per object
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACEjBASENebulaGraphScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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ScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Highly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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ScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Discord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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ScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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ScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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