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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud PolarDB vs. Firebird vs. InterSystems Caché vs. NebulaGraph vs. XTDB

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NameAlibaba Cloud PolarDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.Firebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseA multi-model DBMS and application serverA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.59
Rank#241  Overall
#110  Relational DBMS
Score20.82
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardbwww.firebirdsql.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
github.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overviewwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualsdocs.intersystems.comdocs.nebula-graph.iowww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAlibabaFirebird FoundationInterSystemsVesoft Inc.Juxt Ltd.
Initial release2000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase199720192019
Current release5.0.0, January 20242018.1.4, May 20201.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC and C++C++Clojure
Server operating systemshostedAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesyesdepending on used data modelStrong typed schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.yesyesnono
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.yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesSQL-like query languagelimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP 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
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesPSQLyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenonenoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocolyes, each node contains all data
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 integrityyesyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
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-standardUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptAccess rights for users, groups and rolesRole-based access control
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Alibaba Cloud PolarDBFirebirdInterSystems CachéNebulaGraphXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicsPolarDB, previously ApsaraDB for PolarDB, is a cloud-native relational database designed...
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NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesWebinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed. White...
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NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Social 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 modelsSpecification and pricing. You can use either of the following billing methods to...
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NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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