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System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. Drizzle vs. Lovefield vs. Memcached vs. NebulaGraph

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score19.42
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.memcached.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikidocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperAxibase CorporationDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerGoogleDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalVesoft Inc.
Initial release20132008201420032019
Current release155857.2.4, September 20122.1.12, February 20171.6.27, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++JavaScriptCC++
Server operating systemsLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyesnoyes
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 indexesnoyesyesnoyes 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.
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCProprietary 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
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Java
PHP
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnononouser defined functions
Triggersyesno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.Using read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
nonenone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databasenoyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPnoyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolRole-based access control
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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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