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DBMS > Datomic vs. FileMaker vs. Geode vs. Heroic vs. NebulaGraph

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. FileMaker vs. Geode vs. Heroic vs. NebulaGraph

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Geode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
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Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergeode.apache.orggithub.com/­spotify/­heroicgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsspotify.github.io/­heroicdocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperCognitectClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.SpotifyVesoft Inc.
Initial release20121983200220142019
Current release1.0.6735, June 202319.4.1, November 20211.1, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infovia Elasticsearchyes 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.
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language (OQL)noSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
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
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
PHP.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsyesuser defined functionsnouser defined functions
TriggersBy using transaction functionsyesyes infoCache Event Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replicationyesCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyes, on a single nodenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyesyesyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights per client and object definableRole-based access control
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DatomicFileMakerGeodeHeroicNebulaGraph
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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