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DBMS > HugeGraph vs. Kingbase vs. NebulaGraph

System Properties Comparison HugeGraph vs. Kingbase vs. NebulaGraph

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NameHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.A distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMS
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score0.45
Rank#262  Overall
#123  Relational DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
www.kingbase.com.cngithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
Technical documentationhugegraph.apache.org/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.io
DeveloperBaiduBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Vesoft Inc.
Initial release201819992019
Current release0.9V8.0, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageJavaC and JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Unix
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesStrong typed schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
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.noyesno
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.
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
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
Supported programming languagesGroovy
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresasynchronous Gremlin script jobsuser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseyesCausal Clustering using Raft protocol
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsvia hugegraph-sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoedges in graphyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control
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HugeGraphKingbaseNebulaGraph
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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