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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. ArcadeDB vs. NebulaGraph vs. Newts vs. TimesTen

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Fast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Graph DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.10
Rank#358  Overall
#48  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#52  Key-value stores
#35  Time Series DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.36
Rank#161  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Websitearangodb.comarcadedb.comgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
opennms.github.io/­newtswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comdocs.arcadedb.comdocs.nebula-graph.iogithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.Arcade DataVesoft Inc.OpenNMS GroupOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20122021201920141998
Current release3.11.5, November 2023September 202111 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeStrong typed schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes 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 SQLnoSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
JDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
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
HTTP REST
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Java.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
JavaC
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptuser defined functionsnoPL/SQL
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0ShardingSharding infobased on Cassandranone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorSource-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocolselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsyes inforelationship in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesRole-based access controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
ArangoDBArcadeDBNebulaGraphNewtsTimesTen
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Social networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Companies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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At our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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