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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. NebulaGraph vs. TimesTen vs. TypeDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. NebulaGraph vs. TimesTen vs. TypeDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to OracleTypeDB provides developers with an expressive, customizable type system to manage their data using an award-winning query language, TypeQL, while building on a high-performance, distributed architecture.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the graph database model.
Object oriented DBMS infoThe data model of TypeDB comprises object-oriented features such as class inheritance and interfaces.
Relational DBMS infoThe type-theoretic data model of TypeDB subsumes the relational database model.
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score1.36
Rank#161  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#8  Object oriented DBMS
#106  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.htmltypedb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1typedb.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffVesoft Inc.Oracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005Vaticle
Initial release2014201919982016
Current release11 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)2.28.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeStrong typed schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyes 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.yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languageyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIBrowser 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
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (IDE)
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
All JVM based languages
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsPL/SQLno
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneno
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocolMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Synchronous replication via raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infousing RocksDByes infoby means of logfiles and checkpointsyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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AlaSQLNebulaGraphTimesTenTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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TypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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TypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Life sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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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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Apache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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