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DBMS > Blazegraph vs. Machbase Neo vs. NebulaGraph vs. QuestDB

System Properties Comparison Blazegraph vs. Machbase Neo vs. NebulaGraph vs. QuestDB

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NameBlazegraph  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  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.TimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.81
Rank#213  Overall
#19  Graph DBMS
#8  RDF stores
Score0.17
Rank#337  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websiteblazegraph.commachbase.comgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
questdb.io
Technical documentationwiki.blazegraph.commachbase.com/­dbmsdocs.nebula-graph.ioquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperBlazegraphMachbaseVesoft Inc.QuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release2006201320192014
Current release2.1.5, March 2019V8.0, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoextended commercial license availablecommercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesStrong typed schemayes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
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.no
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL is used as query languageSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL QUERY
SPARQL UPDATE
TinkerPop 3
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
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
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsno
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factorCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
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 Graphsnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infovolatile and lookup tableyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity and Authentication via Web Application Container (Tomcat, Jetty)simple password-based access controlRole-based access control
More information provided by the system vendor
BlazegraphMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxNebulaGraphQuestDB
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Financial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Banks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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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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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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