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System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. NebulaGraph vs. Quasardb vs. SiteWhere

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSiteWhere  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseM2M integration platform for persisting/querying time series data
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Search engineGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#356  Overall
#35  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
quasar.aigithub.com/­sitewhere/­sitewhere
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmllearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchdocs.nebula-graph.iodoc.quasar.ai/­mastersitewhere1.sitewhere.io/­index.html
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesMicrosoftVesoft Inc.quasardbSiteWhere
Initial release20002015201920092010
Current release15.5, September 2020V13.14.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoCommon Public Attribution License Version 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetC++C++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinuxBSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesStrong typed schemaschema-freepredefined scheme
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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.no infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanononono
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.yes infowith tagsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful 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
HTTP APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsno
Triggersyes, event driven architecturenono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnonowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes infoTransient modeno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlyes infousing Azure authenticationRole-based access controlCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailUsers with fine-grained authorization concept
More information provided by the system vendor
GigaSpacesMicrosoft Azure AI SearchNebulaGraphQuasardbSiteWhere
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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