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System Properties Comparison AnzoGraph DB vs. Cassandra vs. HugeGraph vs. NuoDB

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NameAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonCassandra  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable graph database built for online analytics and data harmonization with MPP scaling, high-performance analytical algorithms and reasoning, and virtualizationWide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB infoOptimized for write accessA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Wide column storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS infostarting with release V5
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Score0.23
Rank#307  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score101.89
Rank#12  Overall
#1  Wide column stores
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitecambridgesemantics.com/­anzographcassandra.apache.orggithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
www.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationdocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmcassandra.apache.org/­doc/­latesthugegraph.apache.org/­docsdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperCambridge SemanticsApache Software Foundation infoApache top level project, originally developped by FacebookBaiduDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release2018200820182013
Current release2.3, January 20214.1.3, July 20230.9
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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 indexesnorestricted infoonly equality queries, not always the best performing solutionyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL and SPARQL* as primary query language. Cypher preview.SQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL)noyes
APIs and other access methodsApache Mule
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka
OData access for BI tools
OpenCypher
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
Proprietary protocol infoCQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
Thrift
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Python
C#
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Groovy
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesnoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsJava, SQL
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingSharding infono "single point of failure"yes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication in MPP-Clusterselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsKerberos/HDFS data loadingyesvia hugegraph-sparkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency in MPP-ClusterEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infonot needed in graphsnoyes infoedges in graphyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACIDACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users can be defined per objectUsers, roles and permissionsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users
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Specific characteristicsApache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well...
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Competitive advantagesNo single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for...
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Typical application scenariosInternet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product...
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Key customersApple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best...
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Market metricsCassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100.
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache license  Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available...
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