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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. HarperDB vs. NebulaGraph vs. Quasardb

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSDistributed, high-performance timeseries database
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
quasar.ai
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.iodoc.quasar.ai/­master
DeveloperHarperDBVesoft Inc.quasardb
Initial release2016201720192009
Current release3.1, August 20213.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licenses
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonNode.jsC++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
LinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemaStrong typed schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoJSON data typesyesyes infointeger and binary
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 indexesyesyes 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 tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
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 API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functionsno
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSource-replica replication with selectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononowith Hadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes, using LMDByes infousing RocksDByes infoby using LevelDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoTransient mode
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAccess rights for users and rolesRole-based access controlCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trail
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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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