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System Properties Comparison Amazon Neptune vs. Memcached vs. NebulaGraph vs. Tarantool vs. TigerGraph

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NameAmazon Neptune  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTarantool  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast, reliable graph database built for the cloudIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSIn-memory computing platform with a flexible data schema for efficiently building high-performance applicationsA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Key-value storeGraph DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith Tarantool/GIS extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.20
Rank#119  Overall
#9  Graph DBMS
#5  RDF stores
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#144  Overall
#25  Document stores
#25  Key-value stores
#66  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­neptunewww.memcached.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.tarantool.iowww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationaws.amazon.com/­neptune/­developer-resourcesgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidocs.nebula-graph.iowww.tarantool.io/­en/­docdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperAmazonDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalVesoft Inc.VK
Initial release20172003201920082017
Current release1.6.25, March 20242.10.0, May 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoBSD-2, source-available extensions (modules), commercial licenses for Tarantool Enterprisecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageCC++C and C++C++
Server operating systemshostedFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
LinuxBSD
Linux
macOS
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeStrong typed schemaFlexible data schema: relational definition for tables with ability to store json-like documents in columnsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesstring, double, decimal, uuid, integer, blob, boolean, datetimeyes
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 indexesnonoyes 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 SQLnonoSQL-like query languageFull-featured ANSI SQL supportSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsOpenCypher
RDF 1.1 / SPARQL 1.1
TinkerPop Gremlin
Proprietary protocolBrowser 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
Open binary protocolGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Rust
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsLua, C and SQL stored proceduresyes
Triggersnonoyes, before/after data modification events, on replication events, client session eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding, partitioned with virtual buckets by user defined affinity key. Live resharding for scale up and scale down without maintenance downtime.
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.none infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityCausal Clustering using Raft protocolAsynchronous replication with multi-master option
Configurable replication topology (full-mesh, chain, star)
Synchronous quorum replication (with Raft)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyCasual consistency across sharding partitions
Eventual consistency within replicaset partition infowhen using asyncronous replication
Immediate Consistency within single instance
Sequential consistency including linearizable read within replicaset partition infowhen using Raft
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID, with serializable isolation and linearizable read (within partition); Configurable MVCC (within partition); No cross-shard distributed transactionsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, cooperative multitaskingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infowith encyption-at-restnoyes infousing RocksDByes, write ahead loggingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes, full featured in-memory storage engine with persistenceno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)yes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolRole-based access controlAccess Control Lists
Mutual TLS authentication for Tarantol Enterprise
Password based authentication
Role-based access control (RBAC) and LDAP for Tarantol Enterprise
Users and Roles
Role-based access control
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Amazon NeptuneMemcachedNebulaGraphTarantoolTigerGraph
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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