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System Properties Comparison Hazelcast vs. mSQL vs. NebulaGraph vs. RDF4J vs. SpatiaLite

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NameHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted in-memory data gridmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.Spatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSRDF storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Relational DBMS
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Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitehazelcast.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
rdf4j.orgwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.iordf4j.org/­documentationwww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperHazelcastHughes TechnologiesVesoft Inc.Since 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Alessandro Furieri
Initial release20081994201920042008
Current release5.3.6, November 20234.4, October 20215.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++JavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
server-less
Data schemeschema-freeyesStrong typed schemayes infoRDF Schemasyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynonono
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.yesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query languagenoyes
APIs and other access methodsJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
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
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesnouser defined functionsyesno
Triggersyes infoEventsnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoReplicated MapnoneCausal Clustering using Raft protocolnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmnoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitednoACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes 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.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnoRole-based access controlnono
More information provided by the system vendor
HazelcastmSQL infoMini SQLNebulaGraphRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameSpatiaLite
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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