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System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. Fauna vs. InfinityDB vs. NebulaGraph vs. STSdb

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Fauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelEvent StoreDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeGraph DBMSKey-value store
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Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score1.55
Rank#151  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitewww.eventstore.comfauna.comboilerbay.comgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
github.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comdocs.fauna.comboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedFauna, Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.Vesoft Inc.STS Soft SC
Initial release20122014200220192011
Current release21.2, February 20214.04.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageScalaJavaC++C#
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
hostedAll OS with a Java VMLinuxWindows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeStrong typed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes 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 SQLnonoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
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
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
Java.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functionsno
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocolnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlIdentity management, authentication, and access controlnoRole-based access controlno
More information provided by the system vendor
EventStoreDBFauna infopreviously named FaunaDBInfinityDBNebulaGraphSTSdb
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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