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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. LokiJS vs. Microsoft Access vs. NebulaGraph vs. Realm

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataIn-memory JavaScript DBMSMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)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 modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score104.92
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitedruid.apache.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accessgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
realm.io
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accessdocs.nebula-graph.iorealm.io/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsMicrosoftVesoft Inc.Realm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20122014199220192014
Current release29.0.1, April 20241902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Sourcecommercial infoBundled with Microsoft OfficeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Windows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsLinuxAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedschema-freeyesStrong typed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes 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 for queryingnoyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JavaScript APIADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
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 languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
JavaScriptC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineuser defined functionsno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnoyesyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basednonenoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesnonenoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocolnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infobut no files for transaction loggingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infobut no files for transaction loggingyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemnono infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003Role-based access controlyes
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Apache DruidLokiJSMicrosoft AccessNebulaGraphRealm
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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