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System Properties Comparison Apache Kylin vs. HBase vs. NebulaGraph vs. NSDb vs. Splunk

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NameApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score86.45
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitekylin.apache.orghbase.apache.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
nsdb.iowww.splunk.com
Technical documentationkylin.apache.org/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.nebula-graph.ionsdb.io/­Architecturedocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
DeveloperApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetVesoft Inc.Splunk Inc.
Initial release20152008201920172003
Current release3.1.0, July 20202.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
LinuxLinux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleStrong typed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes
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.nonononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyes 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.all fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)noSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageno infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
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
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Java
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoCoprocessors in Javauser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Causal Clustering using Raft protocolMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDnono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDBUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and roles
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Apache KylinHBaseNebulaGraphNSDbSplunk
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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