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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. NebulaGraph vs. Quasardb vs. Vitess

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Google's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseScalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Key-value store
Wide column store
Graph DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial 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
Score3.15
Rank#95  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.88
Rank#203  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitearangodb.comcloud.google.com/­bigtablegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
quasar.aivitess.io
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.iodoc.quasar.ai/­mastervitess.io/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.GoogleVesoft Inc.quasardbThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release20122015201920092013
Current release3.11.5, November 20233.14.1, January 202415.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
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, hashnoyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.nonono
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.yes infowith tagsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
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 APIADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
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 proceduresJavaScriptnouser defined functionsnoyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0ShardingShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptyesnowith Hadoop integrationno
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 consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsnoyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic single-row operationsACIDACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Role-based access controlCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles
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ArangoDBGoogle Cloud BigtableNebulaGraphQuasardbVitess
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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