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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. NebulaGraph vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. NebulaGraph vs. VelocityDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
velocitydb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsdocs.nebula-graph.iovelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperInterSystemsVesoft Inc.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release2016201820192011
Current release2023.3, June 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonC++C#
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freedepending on used data modelStrong typed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.noyesnono
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
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
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
.Net
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsno
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationCausal 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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyesRole-based access controlBased on Windows Authentication
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BigchainDBInterSystems IRISNebulaGraphVelocityDB
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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NebulaGraph 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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