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DBMS > Blazegraph vs. Lovefield vs. MonetDB vs. NebulaGraph vs. Sequoiadb

System Properties Comparison Blazegraph vs. Lovefield vs. MonetDB vs. NebulaGraph vs. Sequoiadb

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NameBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  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.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.75
Rank#219  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websiteblazegraph.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.monetdb.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationwiki.blazegraph.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.nebula-graph.iowww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperBlazegraphGoogleMonetDB BVVesoft Inc.Sequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20062014200420192013
Current release2.1.5, March 20192.1.12, February 2017Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoextended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptCC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesStrong typed schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoRDF literal typesyesyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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.nonono
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.yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL is used as query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
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
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functionsJavaScript
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding via remote tablesShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in Graphsyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDByesno
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlsimple password-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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