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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. MonetDB vs. NebulaGraph vs. PieCloudDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.A relational database management system that stores data in columnsA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPP
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#92  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#304  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgcloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.monetdb.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.openpie.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docswww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogleMonetDB BVVesoft Inc.OpenPie
Initial release2014201520042019
Current releaseDec2023 (11.49), December 20232.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptCC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesStrong typed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesyes
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.nonono
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.yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIgRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
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
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding via remote tablesShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusCausal Clustering using Raft protocolyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageAtomic single-row operationsACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard
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AlaSQLGoogle Cloud BigtableMonetDBNebulaGraphPieCloudDB
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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PieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Extreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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PieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Sail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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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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PieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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