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DBMS > Graphite vs. NebulaGraph vs. Riak TS vs. RocksDB

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. NebulaGraph vs. Riak TS vs. RocksDB

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonRiak TS  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  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 DBMSRiak TS is a distributed NoSQL database optimized for time series data and based on Riak KVEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
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Score5.19
Rank#62  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#122  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#318  Overall
#27  Time Series DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
rocksdb.org
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.nebula-graph.iowww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­ts/­latestgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wiki
DeveloperChris DavisVesoft Inc.Open Source, formerly Basho TechnologiesFacebook, Inc.
Initial release2006201920152013
Current release3.0.0, September 20229.4.0, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonC++ErlangC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
LinuxLinux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemaschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesnono
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 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.restrictedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyes, limitedno
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
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsErlangno
Triggersnoyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocolselectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsno infolinks between datasets can be storedno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyes
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlnono
More information provided by the system vendor
GraphiteNebulaGraphRiak TSRocksDB
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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