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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. Dragonfly vs. NebulaGraph vs. Spark SQL vs. TiDB

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonDragonfly  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseA drop-in Redis replacement that scales vertically to support millions of operations per second and terabyte sized workloads, all on a single instanceA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#261  Overall
#38  Key-value stores
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score4.25
Rank#74  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orggithub.com/­dragonflydb/­dragonfly
www.dragonflydb.io
github.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
spark.apache.org/­sqlpingcap.com
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgwww.dragonflydb.io/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.iospark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDragonflyDB team and community contributorsVesoft Inc.Apache Software FoundationPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release20142023201920142016
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20191.0, March 20233.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20238.1.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSL 1.1Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++ScalaGo, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesscheme-freeStrong typed schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesstrings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, bit arraysyesyesyes
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.nonononono
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.noyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCProprietary protocol infoRESP - REdis Serialization ProtocolBrowser 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
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Clojure
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Objective-C
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Tcl
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsLuauser defined functionsnono
Triggersnopublish/subscribe channels provide some trigger functionalitynono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes, utilizing Spark Corehorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocolnoneUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnonoyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of command blocks and scriptsACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, strict serializability by the serveryesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyPassword-based authenticationRole-based access controlnoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache PhoenixDragonflyNebulaGraphSpark SQLTiDB
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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TiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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TiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Block, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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TiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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