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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Kinetica vs. LokiJS vs. NebulaGraph vs. Oracle Coherence

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Kinetica vs. LokiJS vs. NebulaGraph vs. Oracle Coherence

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSOracles in-memory data grid solution
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Websitedgraph.iowww.kinetica.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.oracle.com/­java/­coherence
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.kinetica.comtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.KineticaVesoft Inc.Oracle
Initial release20162012201420192007
Current release7.1, August 202114.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC, C++JavaScriptC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeStrong typed schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes 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 SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript 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
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyesyes infoLive Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replicationnoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocolyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infousing RocksDByes infooptionally
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesAccess rights for users and roles on table levelnoRole-based access controlauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication
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DgraphKineticaLokiJSNebulaGraphOracle Coherence
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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