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System Properties Comparison Amazon Neptune vs. Kdb vs. NebulaGraph vs. SAP IQ vs. TigerGraph

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NameAmazon Neptune  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast, reliable graph database built for the cloudHigh performance Time Series DBMSA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.20
Rank#119  Overall
#9  Graph DBMS
#5  RDF stores
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­neptunekx.comgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationaws.amazon.com/­neptune/­developer-resourcescode.kx.comdocs.nebula-graph.iohelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperAmazonKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcVesoft Inc.SAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release20172000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201919942017
Current release3.6, May 201816.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageqC++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesStrong typed schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes 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 SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsOpenCypher
RDF 1.1 / SPARQL 1.1
TinkerPop Gremlin
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
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
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functionsyesyes
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-availability zones high availability, asynchronous replication for up to 15 read replicas within a single region. Global database clusters consists of a primary write DB cluster in one region, and up to five secondary read DB clusters in different regions. Each secondary region can have up to 16 reader instances.Source-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnoHadoop integrationyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infowith encyption-at-restyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)rights management via user accountsRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control
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Amazon NeptuneKdbNebulaGraphSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQTigerGraph
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Social networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Companies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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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 modelsupon request
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NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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