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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. HugeGraph vs. Lovefield vs. NCache vs. Postgres-XL

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPostgres-XL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreBased on PostgreSQL enhanced with MPP and write-scale-out cluster features
Primary database modelGraph DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.49
Rank#256  Overall
#117  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iogithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
google.github.io/­lovefieldwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.postgres-xl.org
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docshugegraph.apache.org/­docsgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.postgres-xl.org/­documentation
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.BaiduGoogleAlachisoft
Initial release20162018201420052014 infosince 2012, originally named StormDB
Current release0.92.1.12, February 20175.3.3, April 202410 R1, October 2018
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoMozilla public license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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.nonononoyes infoXML type, but no XML query functionality
Secondary indexesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes infodistributed, parallel query execution
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Groovy
Java
Python
JavaScript.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Erlang
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoasynchronous Gremlin script jobsnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functions
TriggersnonoUsing read-only observersyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenoneyeshorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenoneyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnovia hugegraph-sparknoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoedges in graphyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID infoMVCC
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDByesno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesUsers, roles and permissionsnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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DgraphHugeGraphLovefieldNCachePostgres-XL
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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