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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. NebulaGraph vs. Pinecone vs. STSdb vs. SWC-DB

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. NebulaGraph vs. Pinecone vs. STSdb vs. SWC-DB

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA managed, cloud-native vector databaseKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSVector DBMSKey-value storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.76
Rank#220  Overall
#102  Relational DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.pinecone.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4github.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupVesoft Inc.Pinecone Systems, IncSTS Soft SCAlex Kashirin
Initial release20162019201920112020
Current release4.0.8, September 20150.5, April 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++C#C++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxhostedWindowsLinux
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemayesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesString, Number, Booleanyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes 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.no
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languagenonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
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
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
PythonC#
Java
C++
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceCausal Clustering using Raft protocolnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlno
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBNebulaGraphPineconeSTSdbSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database
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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