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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. EsgynDB vs. HugeGraph vs. NSDb vs. TypeDB

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesTypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query language
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
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Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.65
Rank#234  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Websitearangodb.comwww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
nsdb.iotypedb.com
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comhugegraph.apache.org/­docsnsdb.io/­Architecturetypedb.com/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.EsgynBaiduVaticle
Initial release20122015201820172016
Current release3.11.5, November 20230.92.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, JavaJavaJava, ScalaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Unix
Linux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyes: 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetGroovy
Java
Python
Java
Scala
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptJava Stored Proceduresasynchronous Gremlin script jobsnono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0Shardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseShardingSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptyesvia hugegraph-sparknoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeper
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 ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsyesyes infoedges in graphnono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
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 persistentyesyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissionsyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
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ArangoDBEsgynDBHugeGraphNSDbTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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TypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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TypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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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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Life sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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Apache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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