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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. GBase vs. NebulaGraph vs. TimesTen vs. TypeDB

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageWidely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to OracleTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query language
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score1.05
Rank#186  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score1.36
Rank#161  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Score0.70
Rank#230  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#106  Relational DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.gbase.cngithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.htmltypedb.com
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1typedb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.Vesoft Inc.Oracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005Vaticle
Initial release20122004201919982016
Current release1.20.3, January 2023GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c11 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)2.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, Java, PythonC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesStrong typed schemayesyes
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes 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.yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query languageyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
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
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
Supported programming languagesC++C#.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsuser defined functionsPL/SQLno
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingnoneSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesCausal Clustering using Raft protocolMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeper
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoby means of logfiles and checkpointsyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceyesRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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Apache DrillGBaseNebulaGraphTimesTenTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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TypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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TypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Life sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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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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Apache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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