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System Properties Comparison BaseX vs. HBase vs. Memgraph vs. NebulaGraph vs. Weaviate

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NameBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelNative XML DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMSGraph DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.90
Rank#136  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score31.25
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score3.00
Rank#102  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score2.12
Rank#125  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score1.89
Rank#138  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Websitebasex.orghbase.apache.orgmemgraph.comgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
github.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.basex.orghbase.apache.org/­book.htmlmemgraph.com/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.ioweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperBaseX GmbHApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetMemgraph LtdVesoft Inc.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release20072008201720192019
Current release10.7, August 20232.3.4, January 20211.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infoFree license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC and C++C++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free and schema-optionalStrong typed schemayes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infoXQuery supports typesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesyes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references
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 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 infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL-like query languageGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Bolt 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
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javauser defined functionsno
Triggersyes infovia eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication using RAFTCausal Clustering using Raft protocolyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationships in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID infowith snapshot isolationACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACUsers, roles and permissionsRole-based access controlAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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BaseXHBaseMemgraphNebulaGraphWeaviate
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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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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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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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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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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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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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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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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