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DBMS > Dgraph vs. NebulaGraph vs. Sequoiadb vs. SQream DB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. NebulaGraph vs. Sequoiadb vs. SQream DB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelGraph DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iogithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.sequoiadb.comsqream.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.iowww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Vesoft Inc.Sequoiadb Ltd.SQream Technologies
Initial release2016201920132017
Current release2022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC++C++C++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeStrong typed schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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 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.yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL-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
proprietary protocol using JSON.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsJavaScriptuser defined functions in Python
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingShardinghorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDDocument is locked during a transactionACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesRole-based access controlsimple password-based access control
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DgraphNebulaGraphSequoiadbSQream DB
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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