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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. HEAVY.AI vs. HugeGraph vs. Lovefield vs. NCache

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonHEAVY.AI infoFormerly named 'OmniSci', rebranded to 'HEAVY.AI' in March 2022  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA high performance, column-oriented RDBMS, specifically developed to harness the massive parallelism of modern CPU and GPU hardwareA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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Score1.48
Rank#158  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score2.10
Rank#126  Overall
#61  Relational DBMS
Score0.15
Rank#339  Overall
#33  Graph DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#290  Overall
#132  Relational DBMS
Score0.98
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitedgraph.iogithub.com/­heavyai/­heavydb
www.heavy.ai
github.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
google.github.io/­lovefieldwww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.heavy.aihugegraph.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.HEAVY.AI, Inc.BaiduGoogleAlachisoft
Initial release20162016201820142005
Current release5.10, January 20220.92.1.12, February 20175.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++ and CUDAJavaJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
Vega
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/Thrift
Python
Groovy
Java
Python
JavaScript.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
TriggersnononoUsing read-only observersyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesSharding infoRound robinyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replicationyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenoneyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonovia hugegraph-sparknoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoedges in graphyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissionsnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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DgraphHEAVY.AI infoFormerly named 'OmniSci', rebranded to 'HEAVY.AI' in March 2022HugeGraphLovefieldNCache
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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