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System Properties Comparison HugeGraph vs. InterSystems Caché vs. NebulaGraph vs. QuestDB

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NameHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSA multi-model DBMS and application serverA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSA high performance open source SQL database for time series data
Primary database modelGraph DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
www.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
questdb.io
Technical documentationhugegraph.apache.org/­docsdocs.intersystems.comdocs.nebula-graph.ioquestdb.io/­docs
DeveloperBaiduInterSystemsVesoft Inc.QuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release2018199720192014
Current release0.92018.1.4, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Java (Zero-GC), C++, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Unix
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelStrong typed schemayes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocol
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyesyes 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.no
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like query languageSQL with time-series extensions
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
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 REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Supported programming languagesGroovy
Java
Python
C#
C++
Java
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresasynchronous Gremlin script jobsyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenoneShardinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSource-replica replicationCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsvia hugegraph-sparknonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoedges in graphyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID for single-table writes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes infothrough memory mapped files
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissionsAccess rights for users, groups and rolesRole-based access control
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HugeGraphInterSystems CachéNebulaGraphQuestDB
Specific characteristicsNebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Relational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesNebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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High ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Financial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Banks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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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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Open source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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