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System Properties Comparison Bangdb vs. Firebird vs. LokiJS vs. Memgraph vs. NebulaGraph

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NameBangdb  Xexclude from comparisonFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionConverged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graphFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseIn-memory JavaScript DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.16
Rank#338  Overall
#47  Document stores
#32  Graph DBMS
#31  Time Series DBMS
Score20.50
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitebangdb.comwww.firebirdsql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmemgraph.comgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationdocs.bangdb.comwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmemgraph.com/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.io
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperSachin Sinha, BangDBFirebird FoundationMemgraph LtdVesoft Inc.
Initial release20122000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase201420172019
Current releaseBangDB 2.0, October 20215.0.0, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD 3Open Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC, C++C and C++JavaScriptC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, eventsyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyes infosecondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatialyesyes infovia viewsyes 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 support with command line toolyesnonoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
JavaScript APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
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
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPSQLView functions in JavaScriptuser defined functions
Triggersyes, Notifications (with Streaming only)yesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithmnonenoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)Source-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable consistency, set CAP knob accordinglynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infowith snapshot isolationACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, optimistic concurrency controlyes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as wellyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes, run db with in-memory only modeyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyes (enterprise version only)Users with fine-grained authorization conceptnoUsers, roles and permissionsRole-based access control
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BangdbFirebirdLokiJSMemgraphNebulaGraph
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Social 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 modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
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NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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