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System Properties Comparison Hypertable vs. NebulaGraph vs. SingleStore vs. TigerGraph vs. TinkerGraph

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NameHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQL  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSMySQL wire-compliant distributed RDBMS that combines an in-memory row-oriented and a disc-based column-oriented storage with patented universal storage to handle transactional and analytical workloads in one single table typeA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelWide column storeGraph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score5.60
Rank#62  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.singlestore.comwww.tigergraph.comtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationdocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.singlestore.comdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperHypertable Inc.Vesoft Inc.SingleStore Inc.
Initial release20092019201320172009
Current release0.9.8.11, March 20168.5, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercial infofree developer edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++, GoC++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
LinuxLinux info64 bit version requiredLinux
Data schemeschema-freeStrong typed schemayesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
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 indexesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyes 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.yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyes infobut no triggers and foreign keysSQL-like query language (GSQL)no
APIs and other access methodsC++ API
Thrift
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
Cluster Management API infoas HTTP Rest and CLI
HTTP API
JDBC
MongoDB API
ODBC
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Bash
C
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesyesno
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infohash partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor on file system levelCausal Clustering using Raft protocolSource-replica replication infostores two copies of each physical data partition on two separate nodesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono infocan define user-defined aggregate functions for map-reduce-style calculationsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsnoyes infoRelationships in graphsyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByes infoAll updates are persistent, including those to disk-based columnstores and memory-based row stores. Transaction commits are supported via write-ahead log.yesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlFine grained access control via users, groups and rolesRole-based access controlno
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HypertableNebulaGraphSingleStore infoformer name was MemSQLTigerGraphTinkerGraph
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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SingleStore’s competitive advantages include: Easy and Simplified Architecture with...
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Typical application scenariosSocial networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Driving Fast Analytics: SingleStore delivers the fastest and most scalable reporting...
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Key customersCompanies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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IEX Cloud : Improves Financial Data Distribution Speed 15x with Singlestore DB Comcast,...
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Market metricsAt our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Customers in various industries worldwide including US and International Industry...
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Licensing and pricing modelsNebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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