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DBMS > GeoMesa vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. NebulaGraph vs. Pinecone

System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. NebulaGraph vs. Pinecone

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Search-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA managed, cloud-native vector database
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSSearch engineGraph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.pinecone.io
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmllearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overview
DeveloperCCRi and othersMicrosoftVesoft Inc.Pinecone Systems, Inc
Initial release2014201520192019
Current release5.0.0, May 2024V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyes
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Implementation languageScalaC++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxhosted
Data schemeyesyesStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesString, Number, Boolean
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.
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP 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
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functions
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layeryes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID
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.depending on storage layernoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageyes infousing Azure authenticationRole-based access control
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GeoMesaMicrosoft Azure AI SearchNebulaGraphPinecone
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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