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System Properties Comparison Blazegraph vs. H2GIS vs. NebulaGraph vs. Solr vs. TinkerGraph

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NameBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Amazon has acquired Blazegraph's domain and (probably) product. It is said that Amazon Neptune is based on Blazegraph.
DescriptionHigh-performance graph database supporting Semantic Web (RDF/SPARQL) and Graph Database (tinkerpop3, blueprints, vertex-centric) APIs with scale-out and High Availability.Spatial extension of H2A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Spatial DBMSGraph DBMSSearch engineGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
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Score0.75
Rank#219  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websiteblazegraph.comwww.h2gis.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
solr.apache.orgtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationwiki.blazegraph.comwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homedocs.nebula-graph.iosolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperBlazegraphCNRSVesoft Inc.Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20062013201920062009
Current release2.1.5, March 20199.5.0, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoextended commercial license availableOpen Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeschema-freeyesStrong typed schemayes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoRDF literal typesyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes 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 search fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL is used as query languageyesSQL-like query languageSolr Parallel SQL Interfaceno
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
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
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infobased on H2user defined functionsJava pluginsno
Triggersnoyesyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infobased on H2Causal Clustering using Raft protocolyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in Graphsyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDoptimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)yes infobased on H2Role-based access controlyesno
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BlazegraphH2GISNebulaGraphSolrTinkerGraph
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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