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DBMS > Graph Engine vs. HarperDB vs. Machbase Neo vs. NebulaGraph

System Properties Comparison Graph Engine vs. HarperDB vs. Machbase Neo vs. NebulaGraph

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NameGraph Engine infoformer name: Trinity  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed in-memory data processing engine, underpinned by a strongly-typed RAM store and a general distributed computation engineUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.TimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Key-value store
Document storeTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.67
Rank#232  Overall
#21  Graph DBMS
#34  Key-value stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.17
Rank#337  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.graphengine.iowww.harperdb.iomachbase.comgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationwww.graphengine.io/­docs/­manualdocs.harperdb.io/­docsmachbase.com/­dbmsdocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperMicrosoftHarperDBMachbaseVesoft Inc.
Initial release2010201720132019
Current release3.1, August 2021V8.0, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation language.NET and CNode.jsCC++
Server operating systems.NETLinux
OS X
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes
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 SQLnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
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++
F#
Visual Basic
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nouser defined functions
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedselectable replication factorCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentoptional: either by committing a write-ahead log (WAL) to the local persistent storage or by dumping the memory to a persistent storageyes, using LMDBnoyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infovolatile and lookup tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolessimple password-based access controlRole-based access control
More information provided by the system vendor
Graph Engine infoformer name: TrinityHarperDBMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxNebulaGraph
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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