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System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. Firebolt vs. HBase vs. NebulaGraph

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)Highly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score1.90
Rank#134  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbwww.firebolt.iohbase.apache.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mddocs.firebolt.iohbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperSoftmotionsFirebolt Analytics Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetVesoft Inc.
Initial release2012202020082019
Current release2.3.4, January 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2commercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageCJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-lesshostedLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes 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.
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared library.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
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
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes infoCoprocessors in Javauser defined functions
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layerMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Causal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possiblenoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACRole-based access control
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EJDBFireboltHBaseNebulaGraph
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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