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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Manticore Search vs. NebulaGraph vs. NuoDB vs. Weaviate

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Search engineGraph DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
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Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#312  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgmanticoresearch.comgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designmanual.manticoresearch.comdocs.nebula-graph.iodoc.nuodb.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsManticore SoftwareVesoft Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release20122017201920132019
Current release29.0.1, April 20246.0, February 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2Open Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++C++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linuxhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedFixed schemaStrong typed schemayesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyesyesyes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references
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.noCan index from XMLnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes 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 infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
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
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functionsJava, SQLno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryCausal Clustering using Raft protocolyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesACIDACID infotunable commit protocolno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemnoRole-based access controlStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Apache DruidManticore SearchNebulaGraphNuoDBWeaviate
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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