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DBMS > Apache Drill vs. Firebird vs. InterSystems Caché vs. MonetDB vs. NebulaGraph

System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Firebird vs. InterSystems Caché vs. MonetDB vs. NebulaGraph

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseA multi-model DBMS and application serverA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score20.82
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.firebirdsql.orgwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.monetdb.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualsdocs.intersystems.comwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperApache Software FoundationFirebird FoundationInterSystemsMonetDB BVVesoft Inc.
Initial release20122000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase199720042019
Current release1.20.3, January 20235.0.0, January 20242018.1.4, May 2020Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicensecommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 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 languageC and C++CC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesdepending on used data modelyesStrong typed schema
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.noyesno
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 SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesyesyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
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++C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsPSQLyesyes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functions
Triggersnoyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneSharding via remote tablesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptAccess rights for users, groups and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control
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Apache DrillFirebirdInterSystems CachéMonetDBNebulaGraph
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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