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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL vs. ArangoDB vs. HarperDB vs. NebulaGraph

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA real-time data warehousing service that can process petabytes of data with high concurrency and low latency. It is fully compatible with the MySQL protocol.Native multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Document storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.91
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­analyticdb-for-mysqlarangodb.comwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­doc-detail/­93776.htmdocs.arangodb.comdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.io
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperAlibabaArangoDB Inc.HarperDBVesoft Inc.
Initial release201220172019
Current release3.11.5, November 20233.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++Node.jsC++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectiondynamic schemaStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes 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 SQLyesnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
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 languagesC#
Java
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJavaScriptCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functions
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding infosince version 2.0A table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replication with configurable replication factoryes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access control
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for MySQLArangoDBHarperDBNebulaGraph
Specific characteristicsA real-time data warehousing service that can process PB data with high concurrency...
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Graph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesTPC Benchmark: The world leading result in TPC-DS benchmark . TPC-H benchmark for...
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Consolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Social networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Companies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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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 modelsAvailable regions: America US Virginia US Silicon Valley Asia China Hong Kong India...
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Very permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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