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System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. NebulaGraph vs. Raima Database Manager vs. Snowflake

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonSnowflake  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverCloud-based data warehousing service for structured and semi-structured data
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score121.33
Rank#9  Overall
#6  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
raima.comwww.snowflake.com
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.raima.comdocs.snowflake.net/­manuals/­index.html
DeveloperChris DavisVesoft Inc.Raima Inc.Snowflake Computing Inc.
Initial release2006201919842014
Current release15, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonC++C
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
LinuxAndroid
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemayesyes infosupport of semi-structured data formats (JSON, XML, Avro)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyesyes
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 infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleyes
Secondary indexesnoyes 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
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyesyes
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
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
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationuser defined functions
Triggersnoyesno infosimilar concept for controling cloud resources
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal partitioningyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authentication
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GraphiteNebulaGraphRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaSnowflake
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Raima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Over 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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Just as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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