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DBMS > Blazegraph vs. Lovefield vs. NebulaGraph vs. openGauss vs. Ultipa

System Properties Comparison Blazegraph vs. Lovefield vs. NebulaGraph vs. openGauss vs. Ultipa

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NameBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  Xexclude from comparisonUltipa  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 distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by HuaweiHigh performance Graph DBMS supporting HTAP high availability cluster deployment
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Relational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.81
Rank#213  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#330  Overall
#30  Graph DBMS
Websiteblazegraph.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
gitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
www.ultipa.com
Technical documentationwiki.blazegraph.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
www.ultipa.com/­document
DeveloperBlazegraphGoogleVesoft Inc.Huawei and openGauss communityUltipa
Initial release20062014201920192019
Current release2.1.5, March 20192.1.12, February 20173.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoextended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC++C, C++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesStrong typed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoRDF literal typesyesyesyes
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 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
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL is used as query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query languageANSI SQL 2011
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
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Java
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsyes
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in Graphsyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes 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)noRole-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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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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