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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. BigObject vs. GeoMesa vs. NebulaGraph vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. BigObject vs. GeoMesa vs. NebulaGraph vs. Realm

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedSpatial DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitedrill.apache.orgbigobject.iowww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
realm.io
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.bigobject.iowww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.nebula-graph.iorealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationBigObject, Inc.CCRi and othersVesoft Inc.Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20122015201420192014
Current release1.20.3, January 20234.0.5, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
LinuxAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesStrong typed schemayes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes 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 SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
fluentd
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++.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsLuanouser defined functionsno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnononoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedepending on storage layerShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layerCausal Clustering using Raft protocolnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenonedepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesdepending on storage layeryesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourcenoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRole-based access controlyes
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache DrillBigObjectGeoMesaNebulaGraphRealm
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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