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DBMS > Drizzle vs. NebulaGraph vs. TinkerGraph vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. NebulaGraph vs. TinkerGraph vs. ToroDB

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APIA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
tinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlingithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationdocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerVesoft Inc.8Kdata
Initial release2008201920092016
Current release7.2.4, September 2012
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++JavaJava
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
LinuxAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemaschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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.no
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCBrowser 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
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsno
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.nono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Causal Clustering using Raft protocolnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDBoptionalyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPRole-based access controlnoAccess rights for users and roles
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DrizzleNebulaGraphTinkerGraphToroDB
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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