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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. NebulaGraph vs. OceanBase

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonOceanBase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA distributed, high available RDBMS compatible with Oracle and MySQL
Primary database modelGraph DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.48
Rank#158  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score2.12
Rank#125  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score1.56
Rank#153  Overall
#71  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iogithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
en.oceanbase.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.ioen.oceanbase.com/­docs/­oceanbase-database
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Vesoft Inc.OceanBase infopreviously Alibaba and Ant Group
Initial release201620192010
Current release4.3.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoCommercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageGoC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeStrong typed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyes 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.yes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
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
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Proprietary native API
Table API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Ada infoin MySQL-compatible model
C infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
C++ infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
D infoin MySQL-compatible model
Delphi infoin MySQL-compatible model
Eiffel infoin MySQL-compatible model
Erlang infoin MySQL-compatible model
Haskell infoin MySQL-compatible model
Java infoin Oracle- and MySQL- compatible models
JavaScript (Node.js) infoin MySQL-compatible model
Objective-C infoin MySQL-compatible model
OCaml infoin MySQL-compatible model
Perl infoin MySQL-compatible model
PHP infoin MySQL-compatible model
Python infoin MySQL-compatible model
Ruby infoin MySQL-compatible model
Scheme infoin MySQL-compatible model
Tcl infoin MySQL-compatible model
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsPL/SQL in oracle-compatible mode, MySQL Stored Procedure in mysql-compatible mode
Triggersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by hash, key, range, range columns, list, and list columns)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftCausal Clustering using Raft protocolMulti-source replication using Paxos
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesRole-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
DgraphNebulaGraphOceanBase
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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OceanBase Database is the world’s only native distributed database that has set new...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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High Availability : The five IDCs across three sites disaster recovery solution sets...
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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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OceanBase Database has helped over 400 customers across industries upgrade their...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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TPC-C No.1 Performance , achieved a result of 707.35 million tpmC in the TPC-C benchmark...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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Mulan PubL v2 license for open source community edition. Commercial license for enterprise...
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