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DBMS > BaseX vs. Datomic vs. Drizzle vs. GBase vs. NebulaGraph

System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. Datomic vs. Drizzle vs. GBase vs. NebulaGraph

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  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.
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.An analytical database for business intelligence with large customers in China.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score1.73
Rank#142  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitebasex.orgwww.datomic.comwww.gbase.cngithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orgdocs.datomic.comdocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperBaseX GmbHCognitectDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerVesoft Inc.
Initial release2007201220082019
Current release10.7, August 20231.0.6735, June 20237.2.4, September 2012GBase 8a
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licensecommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, ClojureC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesyesyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes 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 SQLnonoyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
RESTful HTTP APIJDBCBrowser 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 languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
Clojure
Java
C
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoTransaction Functionsnouser defined functions
Triggersyes infovia eventsBy using transaction functionsno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Causal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsnoPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPRole-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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