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System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. NebulaGraph vs. Vertica vs. Yanza

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NameFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.Time Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Document storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn orientedTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.vertica.comyanza.com
Technical documentationcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocs.nebula-graph.iovertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperFatCloudIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Vesoft Inc.OpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett PackardYanza
Initial release20122010201920052015
Current release12.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercial infoLimited community edition freecommercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containersno infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageC#ErlangC++C++
Server operating systemsWindowshostedLinuxLinuxWindows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeStrong typed schemaYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesno
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes 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 Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.no
SQL infoSupport of SQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL ServernoSQL-like query languageFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.no
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIBrowser 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
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptuser defined functionsyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differencesno
Triggersyes infovia applicationsyesyes, called Custom Alertsyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Causal Clustering using Raft protocolMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnono infoBi-directional Spark integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono infoatomic operations within a document possibleACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hashno
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FatDBIBM CloudantNebulaGraphVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™Yanza
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Communication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Abiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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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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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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