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System Properties Comparison Firebird vs. LokiJS vs. Memgraph vs. MonetDB vs. NebulaGraph

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NameFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseIn-memory JavaScript DBMSAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score19.46
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score0.44
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
Score2.91
Rank#94  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#135  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#122  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.firebirdsql.orggithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmemgraph.comwww.monetdb.orggithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmemgraph.com/­docswww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.nebula-graph.io
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperFirebird FoundationMemgraph LtdMonetDB BVVesoft Inc.
Initial release2000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase2014201720042019
Current release5.0.1, August 2024Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++JavaScriptC and C++CC++
Server operating systemsAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalyesStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes
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 infovia viewsyesyes 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 SQLyesnonoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
JavaScript APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
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 languagesC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPSQLView functions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Ruser defined functions
Triggersyesyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding via remote tablesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes inforelationships in graphsyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACID infowith snapshot isolationACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptnoUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control
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Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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Social 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 modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
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NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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