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DBMS > Datomic vs. Firebolt vs. Graph Engine vs. NebulaGraph

System Properties Comparison Datomic vs. Firebolt vs. Graph Engine vs. NebulaGraph

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NameDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonGraph Engine infoformer name: Trinity  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseA distributed in-memory data processing engine, underpinned by a strongly-typed RAM store and a general distributed computation engineA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Key-value store
Graph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.66
Rank#144  Overall
#66  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#140  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score0.67
Rank#232  Overall
#21  Graph DBMS
#34  Key-value stores
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.datomic.comwww.firebolt.iowww.graphengine.iogithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationdocs.datomic.comdocs.firebolt.iowww.graphengine.io/­docs/­manualdocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperCognitectFirebolt Analytics Inc.MicrosoftVesoft Inc.
Initial release2012202020102019
Current release1.0.7075, December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJava, Clojure.NET and CC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhosted.NETLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIBrowser 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
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
F#
Visual Basic
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction Functionsnoyesuser defined functions
TriggersBy using transaction functionsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peershorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersdepending on storage layerCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)optional: either by committing a write-ahead log (WAL) to the local persistent storage or by dumping the memory to a persistent storageyes 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 developmentyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access control
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DatomicFireboltGraph Engine infoformer name: TrinityNebulaGraph
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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