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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. Ehcache vs. GeoMesa vs. NebulaGraph vs. VelocityDB

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgwww.ehcache.orgwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
velocitydb.com
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.nebula-graph.iovelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperApache Software FoundationTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGCCRi and othersVesoft Inc.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release20142009201420192011
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20193.10.0, March 20224.0.5, February 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScalaC++C#
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freeyesStrong typed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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 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.yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJCacheBrowser 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
.Net
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Java.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonouser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event ListenersnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layerShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoby using Terracotta Serverdepending on storage layerCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)depending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesdepending on storage layeryesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancynoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRole-based access controlBased on Windows Authentication
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache PhoenixEhcacheGeoMesaNebulaGraphVelocityDB
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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