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System Properties Comparison AnzoGraph DB vs. Apache Druid vs. Apache Impala vs. Apache Kylin vs. NebulaGraph

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NameAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable graph database built for online analytics and data harmonization with MPP scaling, high-performance analytical algorithms and reasoning, and virtualizationOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataAnalytic DBMS for HadoopA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#307  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitecambridgesemantics.com/­anzographdruid.apache.orgimpala.apache.orgkylin.apache.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationdocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlkylin.apache.org/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperCambridge SemanticsApache Software Foundation and contributorsApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncVesoft Inc.
Initial release20182012201320152019
Current release2.3, January 202129.0.1, April 20244.1.0, June 20223.1.0, July 2020
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
LinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyesStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes 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 SQLSPARQL and SPARQL* as primary query language. Cypher preview.SQL for queryingSQL-like DML and DDL statementsANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsApache Mule
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka
OData access for BI tools
OpenCypher
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
JDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
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
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Python
Clojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesnoyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceuser defined functions
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication in MPP-Clusteryes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesselectable replication factorCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsKerberos/HDFS data loadingnoyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency in MPP-ClusterImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infonot needed in graphsnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosRole-based access control
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AnzoGraph DBApache DruidApache ImpalaApache KylinNebulaGraph
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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