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System Properties Comparison HarperDB vs. LevelDB vs. NebulaGraph vs. RDF4J vs. Sequoiadb

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NameHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionUltra-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.Embeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string valuesA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.NewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQL
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeGraph DBMSRDF storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
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Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.35
Rank#111  Overall
#19  Key-value stores
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.69
Rank#230  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­google/­leveldbgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
rdf4j.orgwww.sequoiadb.com
Technical documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docsgithub.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­main/­doc/­index.mddocs.nebula-graph.iordf4j.org/­documentationwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=index
DeveloperHarperDBGoogleVesoft Inc.Since 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Sequoiadb Ltd.
Initial release20172011201920042013
Current release3.1, August 20211.23, February 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC++C++JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Illumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeStrong typed schemayes infoRDF Schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoJSON data typesnoyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regex
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 indexesyesnoyes 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.yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
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
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
proprietary protocol using JSON
Supported programming languages.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++
Go
Java info3rd party binding
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Python info3rd party binding
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nouser defined functionsyesJavaScript
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternoneShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocolnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic execution of specific operationsnoACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedDocument is locked during a transaction
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using LMDByes infowith automatic compression on writesyes infousing RocksDByes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesnoRole-based access controlnosimple password-based access control
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HarperDBLevelDBNebulaGraphRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameSequoiadb
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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