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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. Axibase vs. Drizzle vs. NebulaGraph vs. Riak TS

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KV
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#282  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#307  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgdocs.nebula-graph.iowww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latest
DeveloperApache Software FoundationAxibase CorporationDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerVesoft Inc.Open Source, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release20142013200820192015
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 2019155857.2.4, September 20123.0.0, September 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++C++Erlang
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
LinuxLinux
OS X
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyesyesStrong typed schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyesno
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 indexesyesnoyesyes 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.restricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query languageyes, limited
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCBrowser 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
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Go
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesnouser defined functionsErlang
Triggersnoyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Causal Clustering using Raft protocolselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno infolinks between datasets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPRole-based access controlno
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Apache PhoenixAxibaseDrizzleNebulaGraphRiak TS
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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